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Summary Of The Video Interview With Mrs. Anna Newport

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The interview with Mrs. Anna Newport was very touching. Throughout the video interview she talks about her experience as a teenager in the 1940s with tuberculosis (TB). She talks about how it was in the hospital or sanatorium, Dunham, in Cincinnati, her treatment, and life after. She found out she had TB as a teenager after her mother told her to the doctor because she had a continuous cough. Her mother recognized the cough as a sign of TB because her sister, Mrs. Newport’s aunt, had TB. The doctor performed a chest x-ray on Mrs. Newport. After viewing the x-ray, she was admitted into Dunham where she had to stay on strict bedrest and only have visitors on Wednesdays and Sundays. Bed rest was the best treatment they knew of back then. The limited visitors helped the patients from getting overwhelmed or upset. The best thing for patients at the time was the calm relaxing atmosphere. She spoke highly of the workers and food at the hospital. The …show more content…

She had one other hurtle to overcome. She had to learn how to walk again. Atrophy set in, muscles to become smaller, her legs due to lack of use front he bedrest. She also goes into her life after getting out of the hospital. She had to visit with a pulmonologist for six months after her release. Continuing getting a fluoroscopy and the needle with air treatments. They gradually decreased until the doctor told her she could discontinue the treatments. The doctor informed her that she should not have children because it would put to much strain on her. She was not going to let that stop her. She wanted to go back to work and her mother put her foot down and had her take it easy to continue healing. She talks about her experience with her aunt after being released from the hospital. Her aunt asked if it was ok to get close to her. People didn’t know much about TB at the time. I would think life would be hard back then. The lack of knowledge and the stigma from having

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