Tuberculous

In her short cloistered life, she suffered physically from tuberculous as well as emotionally due to the jealousy of some of the other sisters in the convent.

During 1837–38 the poet was struck with illness again, with symptoms today suggesting tuberculous ulceration of the lungs.

If someone does become infected, it typically takes three to four weeks before the newly infected person becomes infectious enough to transmit the disease to others. citation Pathogenesis Microscopy of tuberculous epididymitis.

In the same year he obtained a doctorate in medicine (MD) from the same university for a dissertation titled "The treatment of tuberculous meningitis".