40. The Consumptive Cabins of Mammoth Cave

Caves are horrifying. Have you been inside a cave? They're horrifying. So yeah, they make great hospitals. Thanks, Kentucky.

This is the story of Dr. John Croghan's "consumptive cabins" inside of Mammoth Cave. Come for the ghosts, stay for the Pre-Americans, low C.H.U.D. awareness, anti-gypsy drywall, and the pro-consumption nanny state, and absolutely horrifying "remedies" for tuberculosis.

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/when-tuberculosis-patients-quarantined-inside-kentuckys-mammoth-cave-180978144/

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2009/10/mammoth-cave-national-park-harbors-more-few-ghost-stories4820

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/exploring-the-worlds-longest-known-cave.htm#:~:text=Early%20Explorers&text=Prehistoric%20American%20Indians%20were%20the,now%20Mammoth%20Cave%20National%20Park.

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/mammoth-cave-national-park-ga2.htm

https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/the-mysteries-of-mammoth-cave/article_40c80ddb-01fc-5185-af81-95cd9154266d.html