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Of the 1,571 deaths in the English city of Bristol between 1790 and 1796, 683 were due to tuberculosis. [60] Remote towns, initially isolated from the disease, slowly succumbed. The consumption deaths in the village of Holycross in Shropshire between 1750 and 1759 were one in six (1:6); ten years later, 1:3.
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but it can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
Crofton was chair of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) from 1984 to 1988. [6] He helped write the World Health Organization's guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis before his death. [1] In 1998, Crofton was a founding member of a new UK and international tuberculosis charity, TB Alert. He served as TB ...
King County Tuberculosis Hospital Seattle, Washington [36] 1930 Lake View Sanatorium: Madison, Wisconsin [37] 1933 Sioux San Hospital: Rapid City, South Dakota: 1934 Arizona State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Tempe, Arizona [38] 1934 Glenn Dale Hospital: Glenn Dale, Maryland: 1936 Dr. Hudson Sanitarium: Newton County, Arkansas [39] 1939 University ...
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (/ k ɒ x / KOKH; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɔx] ⓘ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist.As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he is regarded as one of the main founders of modern bacteriology.
Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. Immunotherapy as a defence against TB was first proposed in 1890 by Robert Koch . [ 1 ] As of 2021, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, first used on humans in 1921.
Robert George Ferguson, OBE, (12 September 1883 – 1964) was a pioneer in North America's fight against tuberculosis who worked for the introduction of free medical treatment. [1] [2] As Medical Director, and later as General Superintendent of the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League Canada, he achieved many firsts for the province, including:
Tuberculin was discovered in 1890 by Robert Koch. [3] Koch, best known for his work on the etiology (cause, origin) of tuberculosis (TB), laid down various rigorous guidelines that aided the establishment between a pathogen and the specific disease that followed that were later named Koch's postulates. [4]