Tuberculosis: Something not enjoyable

     
  Tuberculosis: Something not enjoyable

            Also known as 'consumption', TB was most rampant in the 1800s but has been around for a looong time.  It had evidence of being in Ancient Egypt, with Tubercular decay found in bones. 

        Mycobacterium Tuberculosis was discovered on March 24th, 1882, by Dr. Robert Koch, a German scientist. Before his discovery, one out of every seven people in America and Britain died of the white death, so much so that they had to open up special hospitals (Called Sanatoriums) Specifically for Tuberculosis patients. 

        Most of these Tuberculosis patients actually were mistreated while in these hospitals. Thinking using shock therapy, among other "treatments" (These are now considered inhumane and are banned.) Would cure it, it wasn't until the 1940s and the discovery of antibiotics that would actually make a medication for this dreaded disease, which saved thousands of lives.

        There is no cure for Tuberculosis. Many stopped taking their antibiotics as soon as they started to feel better, which caused an antibiotic-resistant strain to come up and cause even more trouble than we had to begin with.