Show Is no longer a death sentence science today can overcome white plague as holmes called dreaded tuberculosis tile the chite plague a term known in all languages and nil all countries to designate tuberculosis was coined by oliver wendoll wendell holmes and first used sn in 1801 1861 when the poet and humorist who was also a physician issued ills ilia medical novel elsie else venner 11 iw holmes described the empei experiences bences encountered by a country doctor in the course of ills trips nith ith ills pony polly and spoke in one passage of the dead win ter ahen lien the white plague of the north ans caged its wasted victims shuddering as they think of the frozen soil which must he be quarried like the rock to receive them the comparatively origin of the term emphasizes the fact act that alii P campaign against tuberculosis is la of quite recent origin says it slat statement ement of the michigan anti tu bercu losis association in tile the lay day of tuberculosis was still equivalent to a death sentence little was known about the disease aal an when a person once was afflicted with ith it lie he wits was given up as lost now the knowledge of treating renting the disease has increased so much that a largo large percentage of cases recover and when discovered early enough practically all recover |