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Tuberculosis Thrives On Poor Nutrition

Tuberculosis Thrives On Poor Nutrition

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Mar 09, 2012
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In ancient India, tuberculosis was called Rajrog or the King’s Disease. A benevolent king would dole out gold coins to the poor, which raised their economic status, leading to improvement in their nutritional standards.

That led to a decrease in the number of new infections and better recovery of those already infected. If he was uncaring towards his peo…

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