Well, its not too fab considering I did not put too much thought into which floating head of mine should go into the image, but then again, more than the image, it is the thought that counts. You can make your own World TB Day poster by going to My Stop TB. It is very … Continue reading World TB Day: Make Your Own Poster, Show your Support
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TB or Not TB: World TB Day–No More TB
Today is the World Tuberculosis Day. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Robert Koch made the stunning announcement that he had been able to identify the causative agent for tuberculosis – the Tubercle bacilli. Tuberculosis is a disease that has dogged human beings from the earliest times. It has seen the rise and fall … Continue reading TB or Not TB: World TB Day–No More TB
When Diseases Talk: Tuberculosis and Its Impression on Literature
A skiagram of the chest, showing miliary mottling, suggestive of Pulmonary Koch's Disease in both lungs. there is also an opacity of the right upper lobe suggestive of active pulmonary disease. Patient was an 84 year old man, with a long history of TB for the treatment of which he was a multiple defaulter. The … Continue reading When Diseases Talk: Tuberculosis and Its Impression on Literature