Obey the Rules of Health

ID: 5416 ~ Source: Fight Tuberculosis - Obey the Rules of Health. New York, None. [New york: wpa federal art project, dis. 4, between 1936 and 1941] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98513584/. ~ Creator: WPA ~ Date: 1941
This file appears in: Edgecliff Sanitarium

Because there was no known cure for tuberculosis doctors encouraged plenty of sleep, exercise, time in the sun, and a healthy diet. People were also encouraged to get tested early if they had any signs of the illness as a way of quickly preventing further infectious spread.

This file appears in: Edgecliff Sanitarium

By RaeAnn Anderson
Tuberculosis was endemic in America in the 1800s and early 1900s. Known as consumption or "the White Plague," the disease killed thousands of people each year, and there was no cure. Tuberculosis Sanitariums such as Edgecliff were built to…