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The poet John Keats, here depicted by William Hilton c. 1822, died of tuberculosis aged 25.. Tuberculosis, known variously as consumption, phthisis, and the great white plague, was long thought to be associated with poetic and artistic qualities in its sufferers, and was also known as "the romantic disease". [2]
Tom Jones, Welsh singing legend, spent about a year recovering from TB in his parents' basement around the age of 12; Joseph Martin Kraus; Jari Mäenpää, Finnish musician; James "Bubber" Miley, jazz trumpeter; Joseph Mohr; Niccolò Paganini; Jimmy Palao (1879–1925), jazz musician, died of tuberculosis at age 45
Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis. [1] Around 10% of latent infections progress to active disease that, if left untreated, kill about half of those affected. [1] Typical symptoms of active TB are chronic cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. [1]
A Tacoma woman whose refusal to seek treatment for tuberculosis led to a protracted battle with Pierce County health officials is now free of the disease, those same health officials announced Monday.
The 76-year-old queen paid a visit to Christ Church C of E Primary School in London, and afterward, the royal family posted a striking photo of Queen Camilla posing with dozens of students around her
Mary Mallon was born in 1869 in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.She may have been born with typhoid fever as her mother was infected during pregnancy. [5] [6] [7] In 1884 at the age of 15, she emigrated from Ireland to the United States.
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Hart as a young child. Hart was born on October 4, 1890, in Halls Summit, Coffey County, Kansas, to Albert L. Hart and Edna Hart (née Bamford).When his father died of typhoid fever in 1892, his mother reverted to her maiden name and moved the family to Linn County, Oregon. [3]