I always thought I’d missed a lot not having been born in the 19th century. From The Topeka Capital-Journal: ...

The tuberculosis epidemic also led to the ... labeled the "the revolt against the whisker." Up until the late 19th century, spitting in public was considered acceptable social behavior in America ...

explaining that tuberculosis once killed rich and poor indiscriminately, but after the late-19th-century advent of germ theory, it became a “disease of the poor and marginalized.” Green ...

Cases of the 19th century disease are continuing to rise after peaking last year - prompting officials to declare a "serious ...

A rare patient has made it possible for researchers to prove that vitamin D—the "sun vitamin"—helps the body fight tuberculosis. Most people probably associate tuberculosis with a leaky loft ...

Once a feared and incurable disease in Japan, patients with tuberculosis fell for the ... mortality rates in Japan from the last half of 19th century to the first half of the 20th century.