Measles in the 50's

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JohnL Wrote:

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> My mother who worked for years as a nurse told me

> they never told patients or family if they were

> likely to die for years (until about the 1970s) -

> just that they were ill.

>

> Of course they never told anybody if treatment was

> being withdrawn and only the doctors and nurses

> would know.

Thing is they didn't have much in the way of treatment for many illnesses e.g. cancer; and emphysema, or C.O.P.D as it is now known, has no cure.