Another thing I have been told about consumption and 19th century medicine is that they had a poor understanding that tuberculosis is a long-term disease. They'd only identify it as consumption in the final stages. The patient could have had it for years, but it would be called bronchitis (apparently the case for George H. Whitney) or asthma (as in the case of my great grandmother Flora (Whitney) Wright's brother-in-law, Oren Wright, also a Civil War vet). ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net