History Buff Thread

[fleacollerindustry]

before tuberculosis was discovered to be a bacteria, it was heavily romanticized prominently in the victorian era: pale skin, flushed cheeks (to emulate fever) thin bodies, languid appearance, n some would even dilate their pupils with belladonna
consumptive chic by carolyn day is also a good read

Consumptive chic walked so heroin chic could run

 

[Heidi the girl]

I get congress to carve a monument of me riding Murders with a scepter and crown on both of us.

That'll do AI, that'll do