Tuberculosis? Didn’t that Disappear in the Last Century?

Tuberculosis? Didn’t that Disappear in the Last Century?

Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is one of the oldest known infectious diseases, having been found in Egyptian mummies from 3000 BC.             In 17th and 18th century Europe it was known as “consumption,” and was commonly depicted in literature and opera. Marguerite, the heroine of the novel The Lady of the Camelias and the opera La Traviata dies of TB, as do Fantine in Les Misérables and Mimi in La Boheme.             Only in 1882 did Rob…