From: lewisma@swbell.net   
      
   "Steve Grimm"  wrote in message   
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   > "Bass Guitar God"  wrote in message   
   > news:20030814023326.09150.00000528@mb-m05.aol.com...   
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   > > What do you mean by this, sir? Do you mean that come people could   
   actually   
   > BEAT   
   > > "TB"? -- Also, it would seem like hard work would actually LOWER your   
   > > resistance to the disease. I'm not trying to argue with you, I'm just   
   > really   
   > > curious. Was a TB diagnosis a death sentance? Or could it go into   
   > remission?   
   > >   
   >   
   > There were a number of people who came west with TB and lived a healthy   
   > productive life.  Robert Campbell, a fur trapper, is a good example.  When   
   > he was diagnosed with TB he began trapping in the west, opened trading   
   posts   
   > and eventually owned a lot of real estate in St, Louis.  He died at the   
   age   
   > of 75.   
   >   
   >   
      
   AND...  Doc lived 12 years beyond what his doctor predicted.   
      
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