What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis, or TB, has been around for a long time -- the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates wrote about it, and TB germs have been found in Egyptian mummies and in bones dating back 5,000 years. Also called consumption and the "great white plague," TB was a leading cause of death in Europe and America until as recently as the 1940s. In the days before antibiotics, TB pat...

• Chris Woolston, M.S.
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• March 11, 2013
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