TUBERCULOSIS (TB)

History of Tuberculosis (TB)

History of Tuberculosis (TB)

TB is an ancient disease. Signs of skeletal TB (Pott disease) were evident in Europe since the Neolithic Age (8000 BC) in ancient Egypt (1000 BC), and in pre-Columbian New World. TB was considered contagious diseases the time of Hippocrates (400 BC), when he was named "TB" (Greek from phthinein, to wither). World TB incidence has increased with population density and urban development, so that by the Industrial Revolution in Europe (1750), he is responsible for more than 25% of adult deaths. Indeed, in the early 20th century, TB is the leading cause of ...