Patients, Western Maine Sanatorium, Hebron, 1929
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Maine Historical Society
Merle Wadleigh, in the center of this photograph, or a staff member may have staged this shot of three patients, showing stages of health.
Because tuberculosis patients frequently lost much weight and had trouble eating, they often were quite emaciated.
A sense of humor best understood by patients at the san show in this photograph of, from left, "Curtis," who is extremely thin; Wadleigh, a medium to light weight; Lane, who is rather heavy.
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