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blondecoley
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blondecoley asked in Entertainment & MusicMovies · 1 decade ago

moulin rouge- why is satine dying?

why does she cough blood and stuff? like what disease dose she have or whatever? what sickness does she have?

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  • concretebrunette
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Tuberculosis, I believe. That is the only disease I can think of when you cough and spit up blood, and it was rampant at the time period that Moulin Rouge takes place.

    I love that movie.

  • clhseattle
    1 decade ago

    She has Tuberculosis, which was often referred to as "consumption" in the 1800s and early 1900s.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's disease called Consumption

    which is basically TB

  • Lady Ettejin of Wern
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    That sounds like tuberculosis.

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  • Shadow Kat
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    The first answer is right she had Tuberculosis.

  • _nxeural
    1 decade ago

    TB!

    & I wouldn't doubt it if she had the syph either...

    =/

    great movie

  • Queen Alecita
    1 decade ago

    tuberculosis....... horrible disease!

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