Tuberculosis is a complicated medical condition that has a rich and important history, a distinctive social context, and an active and destructive present. The disease appears in Greek literature as early as 460 BCE and was a favorite of 19th-century novelists whose heroines often succumbed to "consumption." Through history, the development of TB diagnosis and treatment has been synonymous with events in the development of medicine.
"Tuberculosis" presents TB from the perspective of the people and events that shaped its past and the factors that influence its current global state. The...
Tuberculosis is a complicated medical condition that has a rich and important history, a distinctive social context, and an active and destructive ...
