The New England Vampire Panic: A Cure for Tuberculosis

On this week’s episode, Liz and Dakota take a look back at a unique, and maybe controversial, cure for Tuberculosis.  In the course of doing so, they discuss old timey beliefs and superstitions and how to get rid of those pesky vampires.

Merch:
https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-reluctant-historian

Episode Notes

https://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm

https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/07/16/the-curious-case-of-mercy-brown-and-the-new-england-vampire-panic/

https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_vampire_incident

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002333.htm#:~:text=A%20tubercle%20is%20a%20small,a%20tuberculosis%20(TB)%20infection.

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