RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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TRUE
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 24, 1882, Robert Koch announced his discovery that TB was caused by a bacteria in his presentation “Die Aetiologie der Tuberculose” at the Berlin Physiological Society conference. The discovery of the bacteria proved that TB was an infectious disease, not hereditary.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are written texts describing tuberculosis in India as early as 3300 years ago and in China 2300 years ago.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1943 Selman Waksman discovered a compound that acted against M. tuberculosis, called streptomycin. The compound was first given to a human patient in November 1949 and the patient was cured.
Detailed explanation-4: -TB in India around 500 BCE It is also said that the Moon-god, the king of the Brahmanas was the first to become a victim of this disease, which is as a result also known as Rajayakshma, or king’s disease.