# Bio-Medical Dopers--Book From Tuberculosis Hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188 "2014-04-02T18:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/1 "2014-04-02T18:48:00Z")
So. i have a used, first edition Heinlein, that seems to have once been owned by a Tuberculosis hospital. i am loath to destroy any book. Safe to keep? Yes/no, & your bio-background. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/2 "2014-04-02T20:01:16Z")
TB is spread via person-to-person contact, from inhalation of contaminated droplets. No way you’ll be at risk from an old book. QtM, MD Treating patients who have LTBI and also patients with active TB disease. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/3 "2014-04-02T21:15:01Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > TB is spread via person-to-person contact, from inhalation of contaminated droplets. No way you’ll be at risk from an old book. > > QtM, MD > > Treating patients who have LTBI and also patients with active TB disease. Many thanks. Any suggestions on how to remove an old Ex Libris bookplate? It might be off-putting to an Amazon buyer. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/4 "2014-04-02T21:16:19Z")
You’d also be safe buying a book from an old leprosy hospital. And it might have special cachet for a certain kind of Amazon buyer. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/5 "2014-04-02T22:00:04Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Any suggestions on how to remove an old Ex Libris bookplate? It might be off-putting to an Amazon buyer. Burn it with fire? Expertise in one area doesn’t automatically grant expertise in other areas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/6 "2014-04-02T22:59:53Z")
Many thanks to all. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/7 "2014-04-03T00:02:28Z")
Or, for that matter, an AIDS clinic. If anything, it might add a bit to the value for its provenance. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/8 "2014-04-03T15:45:30Z")
“Is it safe to keep a book from a turberculosis hospital?” It is not safe to keep a book from a turberculosis hospital. Hospitals are big and mean and they like to bully people. You might get you ass kicked if you defy them. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bio-medical-dopers-book-from-tuberculosis-hospital/685188/9 "2014-04-03T16:30:23Z")
I would recommend avoiding books from the Sexual Addictions Treatment Center.