Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis from the First Ancient Historical Records

Tuberculosis from the First Ancient Historical Records

November 18, 2021

Egyptian mummies, dating back to 2400 BCE, reveal skeletal deformities typical of tuberculosis. By Dr. I. BarberisDepartment...

A 19th-Century Artist’s Effort to Grapple with Representing Tuberculosis

A 19th-Century Artist’s Effort to Grapple with Representing Tuberculosis

August 5, 2020

For the grieving painter who lose his wife to the disease, art functioned as a kind of...

A History of Tuberculosis since the Ancient World

A History of Tuberculosis since the Ancient World

March 19, 2020

The Code of Hammurabi and writings from ancient Greeks mention this “lung wasting” disease and their treatments...

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