Tuberculosis (TB) used to impact a high number of Ontarians. It's hard to even imagine today. If you were alive before the life-saving drug streptomycin, you likely knew someone who had the disease. To help fight tuberculosis, volunteer organizations ran sanatoriums. Sanatoriums were medical establishments based on the idea that fresh air, bed rest and diet were key to curing the disease.
The Toronto Reference Library Archive of the Dead
Adam Bunch's The Toronto Book of the Dead is an interesting work of local history, and many of the people who feature in these darker moments in Toronto's history are names are recognized from the manuscript collection in the Special Collections & Rare Books at Toronto Reference Library. These include but are not limited to…
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