Category: TUBERCULOSIS

• TUBERCULOSIS

  FLAX

  THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Flax Lisa Karen Miller           In textile mills, weavers routinely sucked thread through the eye of the shuttle, much like we lick thread before threading a needle.  It wasn’t until the late 19th century that someone noticed that weavers were dying of tuberculosis, or consumption, at…

  October 7, 2023