Learn about the history of tuberculosis (TB), including where the infection originated. This article also looks at the history of TB testing and treatments.

Here's what tuberculosis is, ... over 1 billion people have died from tuberculosis, making it one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history," says Dr. Richard Doyle, ...

"Since its identification in 1882, over 1 billion people have died from tuberculosis, making it one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history," says Dr. Richard Doyle, a practicing ...

When doctors autopsied tuberculosis patients, they described finding round, white swellings, especially in and around the lungs. Medical historian Howard Markel describes how those potato-like ...

Out Of Mesopotamia: Evolutionary History Of Tuberculosis. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 10 / 081017085214.htm ...

Stranger than fiction: Nopeming Sanatorium's history of tuberculosis, ghost hunts and ownership scandals Built deep within a wooded area on the outskirts of Duluth, the topography of the area was ...

The History Of Tuberculosis In NM Health officials are tracking down people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis in Clovis County, a disease New Mexico has a long history with.

Health officials are tracking down people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis in Clovis, a disease New Mexico has a long history with. In the 1880s people headed to the Land of Enchantment ...

In 'Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease,' Carolyn A. Day investigates how the fatal symptoms of tuberculosis became entwined with feminine ideals in the late 18th and early ...

History of Tuberculosis in New Mexico . In the late nineteenth century, some tuberculosis patients sought treatment in the form of the dry air, and plentiful sunshine found here in New Mexico.

In his new book, The Remedy, Thomas Goetz explores the history of tuberculosis—once a death sentence that claimed 2 percent of U.S. and U.K. populations each year.The Remedy follows the paths of ...

History of Tuberculosis in New Mexico . In the late nineteenth century, some tuberculosis patients sought treatment in the form of the dry air, and plentiful sunshine found here in New Mexico.