Talk:List of tuberculosis cases

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Jane Austen is thought to have had "Bright's disease", which is a kidney disease. I don't think it is a form of TB (but I'm ready to be proved wrong). Deb 17:42 May 5, 2003 (UTC)


 * Addison's disease, probably due to TB in the kidneys: http://web.kwic.com/loney/bmj.htm -- IHCOYC 18:56 May 5, 2003 (UTC)

My mistake. I've corrected the Jane Austen article as well. Deb 19:02 May 5, 2003 (UTC)

Which ones died of TB and which ones survived TB? Kingturtle 00:30 May 6, 2003 (UTC)


 * I didn't really collect that when I collected the list; just about anybody who died before the mid-1960s probably had it when they died, although some hastened to their graves by other means. It's kind of hard to make the call for someone like Poe or Modigliani, or even Princip, where lifestyle and bacilli both played a role in their early deaths; or for that matter Jane Austen, who died of an unusual complication probably related to infection.   There would be quite a few judgment calls in adding that data. -- IHCOYC 00:39 May 6, 2003 (UTC)

I just added "Andrew Jackson" to the TB Leader's list. Surprising how he wasn't added.

Confusing link
I got to this page from the page Lists of people by cause of death, so I assumed it was intended to only include those who had died of TB, and the special symbols had been added to indicate doubt about entries on the list. As I now realise it is intended to be a list of those who suffered from the disease, I have reverted my earlier edit.ObjectiveReader 17:07, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Mozart??
I have never seen a credible suggestion that Mozart died of TB. Reference, please. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 03:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

More sources needed
Where's the sources for Florence Nightingale and Alexander Graham Bell?--JBellis 17:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Alfons Heiderich
If Alfons had tuberculosis wouldn't Edward have caught it from him, considering they lived together? He probably had lung cancer from working with rockets. Ketsuban (is 1337) 00:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky did not have TB. His first wife died of it and in every one of his major works there is a character with it, but Dostoevsky himself was not a sufferer. I'm removing him from the list, he can be put back on if someone unearths a source proving the contrary. Verkhovensky 02:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Robert A. Heinlein
In the Wikipedia entry for Heinlein is says that he died of emphysema and heart failure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcm1303 (talk • contribs) 01:02, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It also says he contracted tuberculosis earlier in his life. --Pontificalibus (talk) 20:41, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Red or unlinked entries
I recently changed the lead from "famous" to "notable", to make this consistent with the hundreds of other lists in Wikipedia. Generally speaking, there should be no red links or unlinked entries in such lists.

I will give it a few days on the chance that the following are legitimate entries and simply misspelled or some other issue, but after a few days, I plan to remove these:

S Philbrick (Talk)  14:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Finn Walsh
 * Shaikh Raheela Begum
 * Arline Greenbaum Feynman
 * Tim Moore (George "Kingfish" Stevens of Amos 'n Andy)
 * Hearing nothing, I've removed them. S Philbrick  (Talk)  16:25, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Paul Gauguin
Removed Paul Gauguin because I could not find any sources to verify that he had tuberculosis. Potentially came from a mixup with Charles Laval, a friend of Gauguin who died of tuberculosis. Laval's paintings are often attributed to Gauguin, so it would be quite the parallel if we've accidentally attributed his fatal disease to Gauguin as well. 73.39.82.171 (talk) 14:21, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Robert Natus
I could not find any corroboration that Robert Natus had tuberculosis, so I removed him from the list. FrustratedSquirrel (talk) 03:14, 15 October 2023 (UTC)