By the dawn of the 20th century, the scientific community finally understood the disease tuberculosis. The cause was bacterial, it was contagious and the logical way to slow the scourge was to segregate sufferers in special hospitals.
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Ryann Simmons sits with the dog his girlfriend is fostering at their home in Moses Lake, Wash. The dog, Theia, survived being run over, beaten with a hammer and buried, and now needs surgery. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Jesse Tinsley)
