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In the 1800's, tuberculosis reached epidemic levels, causing nearly 25% of all deaths in Europe. And yet, for artists and writers, it came to be seen as a romanticized disease that allowed them to create more freely and more productively. There were many cases in history of both artists and writers having extremely productive periods of work while sick with tuberculosis. This video explores that weird phenomenon, called spes phthisica and specifically explores the phenomenon among writers.

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This channel is about books and authors, so there's a lot about the science and history that I didn't cover, so here's some cool resources if you want to learn more:

FURTHER READING:
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BOOKS
📚 Everything Is Tuberculosis - John Green (An accessible primer on the history of tuberculosis and the current dilemma of it)
https://amzn.to/3RKe54T

📚 The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society - René and Jean Dubos (Largely considered the best book on the history of tuberculosis)
https://amzn.to/3Yv07Ym

📚 Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease - by Carolyn A. Day (About the history of consumption and fashion and it's affect on beauty standards)
https://amzn.to/3G0NeyT

INTERNET SOURCES
🎞️ Kurzgesagt - This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague
   • This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague  

🎞️ Crash Course - The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Time
   • The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Ti...  

📰 Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
https://wellcomecollection.org/storie...

📰 At the Deathbed of Consumptive Art
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/1...

📰 Cultural Depictions of Tuberculosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura...

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:05 What is tuberculosis?
02:50 Spes Phthisica
03:14 Some examples
04:24 Why it thrived
05:07 Theories
05:30 Scientific advancement
06:01 The myth persists
06:22 The truth
07:28 Further reading

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Music from Epidemic Sound
Stock Footage from Storyblocks, Pexels