{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/621852ebf4929f00129c2992/6218ec52f84e090015633de3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The New England Vampire Panic: A Cure for Tuberculosis","description":"<p>On this week’s episode, Liz and Dakota take a look back at a unique, and maybe controversial, cure for Tuberculosis.  In the course of doing so, they discuss old timey beliefs and superstitions and how to get rid of those pesky vampires.<br/><br/><b>Merch:</b><br/>https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-reluctant-historian</p><p><b>Episode Notes</b></p><p><a href='https://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm'>https://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm</a></p><p><a href='https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/07/16/the-curious-case-of-mercy-brown-and-the-new-england-vampire-panic/'>https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/07/16/the-curious-case-of-mercy-brown-and-the-new-england-vampire-panic/</a></p><p><a href='https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire'>https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire</a></p><p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_vampire_incident'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_vampire_incident</a></p><p><a href='https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002333.htm#:~:text=A%20tubercle%20is%20a%20small,a%20tuberculosis%20(TB)%20infection'>https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002333.htm#:~:text=A%20tubercle%20is%20a%20small,a%20tuberculosis%20(TB)%20infection</a>.</p><p><br/><br/></p><a rel=\"payment\" href=\"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thehistorian\">Support the show</a> (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thehistorian)","author_name":"Liz and Dakota Lawson"}