Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Vincennes

  • One woman’s journey for a tuberculosis cure

    Terri SinnottChicago, Illinois, United States “By 1900 . . . one-third of the new-comers to Colorado had come in search of health benefits.”1 My great-grandmother Theresa Brouillette became the “one in three” on October 31, 1902 when she boarded the train in Vincennes, Indiana to journey to Pueblo, Colorado for the fresh air to cure…