Consumption

       One of the most common killers in the early days of the world and up to today is Consumption (which we now call Tuberculosis). The Ancient Greek Hippocrates identified it as the disease which was most widespread during his life (during which it was called phthisis). In 1882 Robert Koch discovered that was caused by a bacterial infection. Consumption is one disease that has caused more deaths than the black death, leprosy and HIV. It was called consumption because of the wasting away of the patient.

Some symptoms included cough which brings up mucus, tiredness, weight loss, fever and night sweats. Treating consumption/tuberculosis is difficult, it requires taking multiple antibiotics over a long time.