ANTH 2450H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The White Plague, Coinfection, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
15 Dec 2016
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Anth 2450 09/03/16 lecture 8: tuberculosis the white plague. Pulmonary tb , lymphatic tb reading. Forms of tuberculosis pulmonary: tb in the lungs (primary form) lymphatic (scrofula): tb in the lymph nodes in the neck intestinal skin: lupus vulgaris skeletal. Bcg vaccine discontinued in most of canada, still used for first nations communities in the north. Bacteria identified in 1883 by robert koch. Sanatorium movement: needed rest, good diet, exposure to fresh air, exposure to sunlight. Risk factors: age, sex, genetics, other diseases (e. g. hiv/aids), immunosuppressive drugs, malnutrition, crowding, poverty. Mummified remains help us to identify diseases once they are identified, the genome can be mapped and compared to modern human and animal remains. Like stis, tb has been metaphorized but in a very different way. High rates in parts of africa and asia one of the factors in tb/hiv co-infection. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a huge problem in the russian prison system.
