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=== Diagnosis of tuberculosis === Shortly after beginning his dental practice, Holliday was diagnosed with [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="Doc Holliday Bio">{{cite web| title=Doc Holliday| url=http://www.biography.com/people/doc-holliday-9342122#related-video-gallery| website=Biography.com| publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC.| access-date=October 21, 2014| url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141019102813/http://www.biography.com/people/doc-holliday-9342122#related-video-gallery| archive-date=October 19, 2014| df=mdy-all}}</ref> He was given only a few months to live, but was told that a drier and warmer climate might slow the deterioration of his health.<ref name="genealogy2"/><ref name="skyways">{{cite web|url=http://www.skyways.org/orgs/fordco/docholliday.html|title=John Henry "Doc" Holliday, D.D.S.|publisher=Ford County Historical Society|location=Dodge City, Kansas|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112162656/http://www.skyways.org/orgs/fordco/docholliday.html|archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> After Dr. Ford's return in September, Holliday left for [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], the "last big city before the uncivilized [[American frontier|Western Frontier]]".<ref name=roberts2006/>{{rp|53, 55}}
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