HLTB21H3 Lecture : HLTA01 Tuberculosis.docx
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Tb ancient disease limited to animals: mycobacterium bovis. Hippocrates 460 bc - disease due to evil air but not contagious. Aristotle (384 322bc) due to bad and heavy breath . King"s evil and royal touch: predominantly for scrofula, touched by royalty to cure the disease (queen anne was the last) Scrofula would come to king or queen for cure- through blessing. Pictures w/ angels were thought to have healing power. Romanticization: long thin neck, pale complexion, glassy eyes, rosy cheeks, delicate features, artistic creativity looks for people w tuberculosis. Artist at the time have tuberculosis (people looks like. 1834 first therapeutic pneumothorax was induced by f. h. Thoracoplasty was first induced by swiss surgeon de cerenville: done without entering the pleural space and incurring the risk of tuberculous empyema. Albert camette and camille guerin developed: with m. bovis, called bacille calmette-guerin (bcg) History: from 1953-1961, 5240 inuit sent south for treatment (almost.
