In “The Samurai’s Garden”, by Gail Tsukiyama, Stephen is diagnosed with tuberculosis. With Stephen’s health declining in Hong Kong, a polluted and stifling place to live, he needed to leave. He needed to go to a place with fresher air and a drier climate. In Japan, his grandfather owned a cordial beach house atop a hill, he decided to move here to better his health. In 1937 treatment for tuberculosis was not available, but a drier climate and fresher air were thought to help. Through research I have found varying thoughts on this, but for the most part a drier climate isn’t thought to help much. Although a drier climate and fresher air does dry out moisture in the lungs, and improve a patient’s well-being, when the patient returns home, they
