The first written story that has come down to us is The Epic of Gilgamesh.
It is a mythologized account of a historical figure, Gilgamesh, a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, believed to have ruled sometime between 2700-2500 BC.
Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States and one of the most feared diseases in the world during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Formerly known as Consumption diseases because many types of lung diseases were lumped under the term 'consumption'. Lung cancer and bronchitis were examples.