when was the Last documented case of 'consumption'?

[sniffa]

when reading oLder books, it seems that 'consumption' was one of the top kiLLers of mankind, yet i have seen or read about any new cases.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. It was the old name for Tuberculosis.

So that should answer the question.

[sniffa]

2. i'm just messing around

aLthough i did not know it was TB - i assumed it was cancer.

thanks for the trivia. :D

[kick-ass-bob]

4. I forget what cancer was...

now I have something to do today! :bounce:

[LiberallyInclined]

9. and other unknown ailments as well-

consumption was also used in common parlance to cover other wasting illnesses, like some cancers- whose actual pathologies were unknown at the time.

[salib]

3. Pining away for the good ole days

[tjwmason]

5. New avatar???????

:cry:

I'm getting troll withdrawal symptoms now.

[sniffa]

13. shouLd i put a pic of me back?

[Zuni]

6. I miss the days when smallpox and yellow fever

ran rampant!

And typhoid---best disease ever.

[tjwash]

7. Of course, they used to be called "lungers"

And there are new cases. Consumption is wasting away of your body from pulmonary tuberculosis, but since 99 percent of the new cases of TB are poor street people, our society and media just don't give a rat's ass.

[Kool Kitty]

8. sniffa,

have you been channeling my late Mother? She always used to tell me that if I went out without making sure that my hair was dry, that I would get consumption. :)

[blue neen]

10. I used to hear that I would get "galloping consumption."

Can you imagine what a little kid thinks when she hears that? :)

[tjwash]

11. *LOL* my mom was "Don't play in the gutter you'll get ring-worm!"

nt

[SmokingJacket]

12. They've totally wiped out the vapors, too...

Let's hear it for modern medicine.

[ret5hd]

14. well, I wanna know about "the vapors" and "apoplexy"...

was there a miracle cure?

[sniffa]

16. the vapors

they're stiLL around.



i think i'm turning japanese, i think i'm turning japanese
i reaLLy think so

[chickenscratching]

15. one case

[ret5hd]

17. i think THAT strain is terminal.

[chickenscratching]

19. unfortunately, i think you're right

i myself have a bad case of consumption

[Wilber_Stool]

18. There was a post here the other day

where somebody sister had been diagnosed with TB. They have quarantined everyone that has had contact with here. You could probably find it with a search.