 It was not long after he was hired that he caught tuberculosis, but the authorities were loth to acknowledge the teacher's illness.He was sent several times to a health resort for his “bad heart”, each time being made to pay for part of it himself, but always came back to stand before his class once again.It is therefore clear that the doctors who treated him – and sent him back – knew full well that he was actually suffering from tuberculosis, which could then not be cured.