This is the story of how a deadly disease was so romanticised, it set a whole standard for how beauty was perceived. Tables later turned when the disease was unearthed as the scourge that it was. Eradication of the disease started to dictate what was fashionable. 

Continue to listen to learn about the history of tuberculosis and the gorgeous women of the 1800s.

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"On My Way" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)