The White Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Culture and Medicine

Описание: The "White Plague" was once the world's most feared predator, claiming millions of lives while simultaneously dictating the fashion and art of the Victorian era. This documentary journeys from the soot-clogged tenements of the Industrial Revolution to the high-tech laboratories of the modern age, tracing the path of a disease that refused to die. You will discover how a single bacterium killed one in seven people living in the 19th century and why our modern minimalist furniture was actually designed to fight an epidemic. This investigation reveals how the struggle against tuberculosis didn't just change medicine—it redesigned the very world we live in today.

⏳ CHAPTERS

🦠 00:00:44 - The Silent Guest
🏭 00:01:50 - The Industrial Shadow
🎨 00:02:59 - The Romanticized Aesthetic
🩺 00:04:10 - The Physician's Ear
🏔️ 00:05:17 - The Sanatorium Movement
🔬 00:06:35 - The Microscopic Enemy
🧼 00:07:48 - Modernity and Hygiene
💉 00:08:54 - The Dawn of Prevention
⚔️ 00:10:10 - The Unending Battle

Viewers will learn how the Industrial Revolution fueled an epidemic and how the discovery of the tubercle bacillus by Robert Koch shattered centuries of medical myth. This documentary is based on extensive historical research and medical archives to separate the romanticized "consumptive" aesthetic from the biological reality of the disease. We explore the lasting impact of the sanatorium movement and the rise of antibiotic resistance in the present day.

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