Keywords: Tuberculosis
Item 49032
Louisa Craig Vickery, Unity, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Unity Media: Daguerreotype
Item 36579
Tuberculosis cure cartoon, ca. 1912
Courtesy of David Sanderson, an individual partner Date: circa 1912 Location: Saranac Lake; Hebron Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929
Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.
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
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3
"Ezekiel also took sick with tuberculosis and died in 1868 at the age of 23. Early on she was prescribed fresh air; as much time in the outdoors as…"
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2
"Elizabeth of Hungary. His promising career ended prematurely in his death from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-five in 1861."
Story
Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
Story
Jennie Aranovitch - honoring family legacy and Jewish identity
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Her great-grandparents journey from Belarus through current day Jewish experience in Biddeford.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.
