consumptives
Those with wasting disease
Consumptives are people suffering from consumption—the old name for tuberculosis.
The term belongs to an earlier era when TB was a leading cause of death, and sanatoriums housed consumptives in mountain air thought to aid recovery.
Now largely historical: The resort once catered to consumptives seeking relief from their condition.
Mycobacterial lung disease
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- white plagueTuberculosis, historically named
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- coughExplosive airway clearing
night sweats · fever · sputum · pulmonary · bacillus · mycobacterium · contagion · infection
Unhealthy facial whiteness
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- gauntLean from deprivation
- haggardExhausted in appearance
emaciated · cadaverous · sallow · ghostly · flushed cheeks · wasting · frail · hollow-eyed
Conducive to love
- tragicCausing great sorrow
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
- BrontëLiterary sisters' surname
Chekhov · Kafka · La Bohème · Camille · La Traviata · Mimi · Victorian · sentimental
Deficiency in force
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- fragilityEase of breaking
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
languor · feebleness · decline · enfeeblement · fatigue · prostration · vulnerability · wasting
Treatment through prolonged repose
- fresh airUnenclosed outdoor atmosphere
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- AlpsEuropean mountain system
- sanitariumMedical recovery facility
health resort · convalescence · cure · recovery · therapeutic · climate · veranda · chaise longue
Complete separation from others
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- confinementState of being restricted
- segregationForced separation by group
- withdrawalAct of taking away
exclusion · separation · infectious · contagious · notification · contact tracing · public health
tuberculosis
Mycobacterial lung disease
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- white plagueTuberculosis, historically named
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
cough · night sweats · fever · sputum · pulmonary · bacillus · mycobacterium · contagion · infection · diagnosis
pallor
Unhealthy facial whiteness
haggard · emaciated · cadaverous · sallow · ghostly · flushed cheeks · wasting · frail · hollow-eyed · skeletal
romantic
Conducive to love
Brontë · Chekhov · Kafka · La Bohème · Camille · La Traviata · Mimi · Victorian · sentimental · doomed
weakness
Deficiency in force
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- fragilityEase of breaking
infirmity · languor · feebleness · decline · enfeeblement · fatigue · prostration · vulnerability · wasting · delicacy
rest cure
Treatment through prolonged repose
sanitarium · health resort · convalescence · cure · recovery · therapeutic · climate · veranda · chaise longue · isolation ward
isolation
Complete separation from others
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- confinementState of being restricted
- segregationForced separation by group
withdrawal · exclusion · separation · infectious · contagious · notification · contact tracing · public health