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The history of tuberculosis: from the first historical records to the isolation of Koch's bacillus
Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious, infectious disease, due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) that has always been a permanent challenge over the course of human history, because of its severe social implications. It has been hypothesized that the genus Mycobacterium originated more than 150 million years ago. In the Middle Ages, scrofula, a disease affecting cervical lymph nodes, was described as a new clinical form of TB. The illness was known in England and France as "king's evil", and it was widely believed that persons affected could heal after a royal touch. In 1720, for the first time, the infectious origin of TB was conjectured by the English physician Benjamin Marten, while the first successful remedy against TB was the introduction of the sanatorium cure. The famous scientist Robert Koch was able to isolate the tubercle bacillus and presented this extraordinary result to the society of Physiology in Berlin on 24 March 1882. In the decades following this discovery, the Pirquet and Mantoux tuberculin skin tests, Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin BCG vaccine, Selman Waksman streptomycin and other anti-tuberculous drugs were developed.
Key words: Tuberculosis,
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History of World TB Day
Overview
In 1882, TB disease killed one in seven people in the United States and Europe.
Dr. Koch's discovery was significant in the effort to eliminate TB disease. Since its discovery, the health community has learned more about this deadly disease.
Did you know?
Researchers estimate that TB germs may have been around as long as 3 million years!
Names for TB
What is in a name?
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During ancient times, TB disease had several names. For example, people referred to TB disease as:
- "Phthisis" in ancient Greek,
- "Tabes" in ancient Latin, and
- "Schachepheth" in ancient Hebrew.
During the Middle Ages, health care providers referred to active TB disease of the neck and lymph nodes as "scrofula."
In the 1700s, people referred to TB disease as "the white plague" due to the pale complexion of people with TB disease.
In the 1800s, people called TB disease "consumption." In 1834, Johann Schonlein named the disease "tuberculosis."
In 1909, Clemens von Pirquet invented the term "latent TB infection" to refer to inactive TB.
Names for TB today
Today, health care providers and public health professionals use additional terms to describe if and where TB germs are growing in the body, and the medicines that will kill the germs.
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