Health

Fri Sep 15

Isolation, collapsing lungs and spitting bans: three ways we used to treat TB, and still might

Written by Rebecca Le Get, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University

People with tuberculosis were confined in specialised hospitals called sanatoria. Interior of open air ward for tuberculosis patients 1918./ US. National Library of Medicine

Tuberculosis (TB) has been responsible for more deaths than any other infectious disease in human history. It is one of the world’s top ten causes of death today.

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