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The history of tuberculosis encompasses the origins of the disease, tuberculosis (TB) through to the vaccines and treatments methods developed to contain and mitigate its impact. Throughout history, the disease tuberculosis has been variously known as consumption, phthisis, and the White Plague.
Satirical cartoon from the Boston Daily Globe accompanying an article describing superstitious beliefs in rural Rhode Island. The New England vampire panic was the reaction to an outbreak of tuberculosis in the 19th century throughout Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, southern Massachusetts, Vermont, and other areas of the New England states. [1]
The Tuberculosis Movement : A Public Health Campaign in the Progressive Era (1988) Tomes, Nancy. "The private side of public health: sanitary science, domestic hygiene, and the germ theory, 1870-1900." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 64.4 (1990): 509-539. online; Tulchinsky, Theodore H., and Elena A. Varavikova. "A history of public health."
Unfortunately, yes, there is a tuberculosis outbreak happening in Kansas, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The department has documented 66 active cases of ...
An outbreak of the respiratory disease tuberculosis in Kansas is the largest in the state — and some are saying it’s the biggest surge in recent U.S. history.. There are a total of 67 active ...
He got tuberculosis exacerbated by the dank conditions in his cell Albert Mountain Horse (1893–1915), Kainai Canadian soldier Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850–1896), Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but it can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
In September 2023, a CDC report revealed that an outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB had driven up cases from 2019–2021 when recorded cases were between 37– 43 – a number that increased ...