HLTB21H3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 notes
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Lecture 04- tuberculosis: midterm exam : july11 (5-7, on lectures 1-6, tuberculosis is also known as white plague, history related to medical breakthrough, theatrical performance, etc, history, tb present since antiquity, evidence of tb in egyptian mummies (2400bc) showed tubercular decay: tuberculosis had other names. Putts form of tuberculosis : tb can be in many forms: scoffula: inflammation in lymph nodes: tb limited to claims of royal supernatural powers during the middle ages (ad. claimed that they had the ability to heal tuberculosis, especially the ones that were related to the lymph nodes) In england known as the king"s evil or the royal touching www. notesolution. com. June 7, 2011: lined up people that had tb and touched them or had some sort of ceremony; healing was actually due to the fact that. Tb can go into the dormant stage: (1546) fracastorius describes modern theory of contagion.
