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ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases. It has plagued humankind throughout know history. Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis may have killed more people than other infectious disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex have emerged as a pathogen in Africa. It then may have colonized the world 70,000-100,000 years ago. The oldest examples of spinal tuberculosis, in form of fossil bones, date back about 8000 years ago. In the 18th century Tuberculosis earned the sobriquet “Captain among these men of death”. The historical context of the history of tuberculosis is characterized by the evolution of empiricism to science. The aim of this paper is to report relevant aspects related to the history of tuberculosis.