I find it funny that I have received very few covers from the United States; you'd think that there'd be more philatelists collecting covers in such a big country. Maybe because stamps and postage are quite costly there?
Anyway, here's an FDC issued 12 May 08 to pay tribute to Edward Trudeau, an American doctor who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis.
Before the cure to the sickness was found, it was common practice for those with tuberculosis to move to "cooler climates" and this was why the sanatorium was established at Saranac Lake in 1882. After Trudeau's death in 1915, the institution's name was changed to the Trudeau Sanitorium, following changes in conventional usage. The Trudeau Sanatorium closed in 1954, after the discovery of effective antibiotic treatments for tuberculosis.
The stamp labels Trudeau a phthisiologist, which is the obsolete term for "tuberculosis specialist."
The two other stamps on the bottom are both definitives.
Anyway, here's an FDC issued 12 May 08 to pay tribute to Edward Trudeau, an American doctor who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis.
Before the cure to the sickness was found, it was common practice for those with tuberculosis to move to "cooler climates" and this was why the sanatorium was established at Saranac Lake in 1882. After Trudeau's death in 1915, the institution's name was changed to the Trudeau Sanitorium, following changes in conventional usage. The Trudeau Sanatorium closed in 1954, after the discovery of effective antibiotic treatments for tuberculosis.
The stamp labels Trudeau a phthisiologist, which is the obsolete term for "tuberculosis specialist."
The two other stamps on the bottom are both definitives.
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