The term "Consumption" referred to what disease?
Correct answer: Tuberculosis
Wolfgang
Milo, tuberculosis in the long run causes loss of weight. The body is supposedly consumed by the ravages of this disease, hence the term "consumption".
SOOTI
Player Lena, My maternal grandmother was suffering from it when she was pregnant with my mum, and died when mum was just a few weeks old, but I now have inherited resistance to it.
Wesley
My mother spent 7 years in a Tuberculosis Sanitorium.
Player #9442102
Player Lena, My maternal grandfather died from TB.
Player #32567393
Wesley,
Cozzy 25,
I’m so sorry. 😎
Mario Suedi
My grandmother was in an asylum w tb when my mom was a teenager.
Dee1
Big stigma in 🇮🇪 during ww2
Eilise
My aunt died at 27 of TB in 1954
Player #16702581
My Dad's brother died from this at age 9. cemetary records say 9 months cause, Consumption
kaystoy
how come we don't panic over 1.6 million people dieing every year?