consumptive

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By the time Bangs died in 1905, the San Gabriel Valley was a destination for consumptives.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

The dry air of the Southwest was promoted as a healthful climate, and the small community of Sierra Madre was founded as a haven for consumptives.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

Hedge funders are supposed to be yodeling Tarzans, not fragile consumptives in a Verdi opera.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2017

On the roof was a sleeping arrangement, for Brisbane argued that if outdoor sleeping was helpful to consumptives, it must also be good for people in normal health.

From Time Magazine Archive

If this is cure, then we may have all or nearly all of our consumptives cured, some of them a great many times over.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)