It’s an honor, and a history lesson, to get to know WWII
Veterans.
We admitted a gentleman today who was a POW and
contracted Tuberculosis in the early 1940’s.
Prior to the development of the antibiotic streptomycin in
1946, the only treatment, other than going to a Tb sanatorium for “fresh air
and relaxation,” was surgical intervention, including the “pneumothorax
technique,” which involved collapsing an infected lung to “rest it” and allow
the tuberculosis lesions to heal.
He was treated with pneumothoraces.
He gets easily winded if he walks too far; he has since 1942.
He turns 93 years
old next week.
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