HistoryMedicine
History of tuberculosis. Part 1 - phthisis, consumption and the white plague
J. Frith
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Paleopathological evidence dates back to 8000 BCE and evidence of bony tuberculosis has been found dating from the Neolithic period in 5800 BCE and in Egyptian mummies dating to 2400 BCE.
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FRITH, J. History of tuberculosis. part 1 - phthisis, consumption and the white plague. Journal of Military and Veterans Health, 2014, 22: 29–35.