HLTB21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Streptomycin, Abdominal Pain, Sputum
2 Dec 2012
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Hippocrates though tuberculosis was due to bad air but wasn"t contagious. Tuberculosis is documented in egypt, india, and china about 5000, 3300, and 2300 years ago. Phthisis or consumption were terms commonly used to refer to tuberculosis respectively. Skeletal abnormalities and deformities in the spin are typical. Tuberculosis was limited to animals in prehistoric times and epidemics arose from changes in the population and environment in which hosts resided. People with this disease believed to be beautiful, pale skin, red cheeks and thin figure. There were claims that the royal family possessed supernatural powers capable of healing of afflicted with tuberculosis. Queen anne was the last monarch to perform the royal touching/king"s evil. In 1629 tuberculosis (consumption) was the leading cause of death in london. In peaked 1780 --> 20% of death was from tuberculosis. Franciscus d sylvius discovered the lung nodules; tubercles. Not sure of spread of source of the disease. Benjamin marten speculated that tuberculosis was contagious.
