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Maybe it's just being properly diagnosed more often. In the 1800s, it was just called "consumption."
by aswanson 12y ago
Maybe it's just being properly diagnosed more often. In the 1800s, it was just called "consumption."
- jobposter1234 12y agoConsumption was actually tuberculosis. "Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, and in many cases fatal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis.[1]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis