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: The White Plague in Spokane

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: The White Plague in Spokane

Edgecliff Sanitarium: The White Plague in Spokane

By RaeAnn Anderson

Tuberculosis was the most devastating disease of the 19th and 20th centuries. Isolation was the most effective public health intervention.