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Jan 1, 2016 · Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, is a disease caused by bacteria that usually attacks the lungs, and at the turn of the 20th century, the leading cause of death in the United States.
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is an infectious 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]
Jun 5, 2001 · The word “consumption” first appeared in the 14 th century to describe any potentially fatal wasting disease–that is, any condition that “consumed” the body. But over time it came to...
Mar 17, 2014 · The much older name originally came from the ancient Greeks who called the disease something meaning “consumption,” “phthisis,” specifically referring to pulmonary tuberculosis, with the earliest references to this being in 460 BC.
Jul 27, 2023 · Tuberculosis, formerly called consumption, was the top cause of death in the U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century. While it's largely controlled in the U.S. now, it still kills more than a...
Jan 19, 2024 · Tuberculosis (TB), once called consumption, is a highly infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.5 million people died from...
A specific disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which may affect almost any tissue or organ of the body, with the most common seat of the disease being the lungs; the anatomic lesion is the tubercle, which can undergo caseation necrosis; general symptoms are those of sepsis: hectic fever, sweats, and emaciation; often progressive, with ...
Sep 29, 2023 · Consumption disease, also called Tuberculosis, is a disease that affects the lungs but can also affect the other parts of the body. It is caused by the bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) which affects the lungs. These infections usually take time to display symptoms.
Dec 9, 2022 · Learn the history of consumption (i.e. tuberculosis) as a fatal “wasting disease,” and how it still exists today.
Consumption was the most considerable of the diseases which then prevailed, and the only one which proved fatal to many persons.
