Keywords: Lungs
Item 99343
Kiah B. Sewall on lung problems, New York, 1839
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839-01-15 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper
Item 1153
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
Exhibit
Among the Lungers: Treating TB
Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company
"… they would inhale, it would damage the workers' lungs. Mr. Tenney tested with many types of minerals to create sandpaper."
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu
"… of the respiratory system, which caused the lungs to fill with fluid and allowed pneumonia bacteria to overwhelm them."
Story
Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham
It was great to be back in Maine.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
