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Jean Antoine Villemin discovers TB is contagious
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The sanatoria movement
The sanatoria movement, which began around 1880, was an attempt to cure tuberculosis naturally and to prevent its spread by moving patients into quiet environments, isolated from normal life, where the air was pure and freely circulating. -
Discovery of Tubercole baccilum
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Koch develops tuberculin
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X-ray discovered and used to track TB
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Tuberculin used as a means for diagnosing tuberculosis
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BCG vaccine starts testing on people
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Development of anti-biotics
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Agreement to vaccinate secondary school children