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From: "wandas mail" <>
Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] Old causes of death
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 08:51:23 -0500
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Over the centuries since Hippocrates, tuberculosis has been known as a major
scourge of the human species, and of other species as well. During the first
half of the 20th Century, TB was called "consumption" or "white plague", and
it was the number one killer of Canadians. The historic menace of the "White
Plague" continued for so many centuries because people had a poor
understanding of the disease and poor medical tools with which to fight it.

found on
http://www.lung.ca/tb/abouttb/what/


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