Weren't men of Numenorean extraction meant to be more disease resistant ? And dwarves were far too tough I guess.....
Bilbo may have been particularly prone since Gandalf brings him a supply of hankies when he catches him and the dwarves up having chased Bilbo out of the house.....
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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