That wasn't because of smoke, though. It was common, in part, because antibiotics weren't nearly as good and in part because medicine wasn't so advanced. Turns

That wasn't because of smoke, though. It was common, in part, because antibiotics weren't nearly as good and in part because medicine wasn't so advanced. Turns out, it's good to keep tonsils in even if they get infected from time to time. https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/tonsillectomies-still-performed-more-selectively https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/tonsillectomies-stil...