Re:Cancer Is More Bad Luck Than Bad Behavior, Study Says
by jobposter1234 on Friday January 02, 2015 @12:29PM
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Consumption was actually tuberculosis.
"Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, and in many cases fatal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis.[1]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
"Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, and in many cases fatal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis.[1]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis