Old Testament Biblical References to Tuberculosis

V. S. Daniel · T M Daniel

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History of Medicine Studies Biblical Studies and Interpretation Paleopathology and ancient diseases

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Two probable references to tuberculosis are found in Old Testament books of the Bible dating to a time when the Israelites lived in Egypt, which is known from archeological evidence to be an area where tuberculosis was then prevalent. Other putative biblical references to tuberculosis are less credible.

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1968Diseases in Antiquity: A Survey of the Diseases, Injuries and Surgery of Early Populations.1979Cassell's Latin Dictionary 1964TUBERCULOSIS IN ANCIENT EGYPT.1939The evidence for the incidence of tuberculosis in ancient Egypt 1979Pulmonary and osseous tuberculosis in an Egyptian mummy.

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