What do Ringo Starr, Eleanor Roosevelt, my dad, Erwin Schrodinger (of the cat fame), and all three of the Bronte sisters have in common? The answer is tuberculosis, also known as TB. For Schrodinger, Roosevelt and the Brontes, their TB was fatal. In some ways, this is the least surprising connection because, according to the […]
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Intense eyes peer out from under white, bristly eyebrows. The look is hard to interpret: wary and suspicious? resolute? resigned? defiant? Beard and mustache blend into one white stream, flowing down cheeks and spilling onto the front of his tunic. He leans on an insubstantial staff, barely sturdy enough to bear his weight. It’s a strange-looking […]
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