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What other names or nicknames are used, or used to be used, around here for tuberculosis?

T.B. 760
CONSUMPTION 638
GALLOPING CONSUMPTION 48
LUNG FEVER 25
CON 21
QUICK CONSUMPTION 14
THE BUG 10
LUNG TROUBLE 9
LUNG DISEASE 7
MINER’S CON 7
MINER’S CONSUMPTION 6
THE BUGS 6
TUBERCULOSIS 6
LUNGERS 5
WHITE PLAGUE 5
T.B.’S 4
NR 3
SLOW CONSUMPTION 3
THE CON 3
BUGS 2
EMPHYSEMA 2
LUNGER 2
BEE 1
BEEN DUSTED 1
BOWGALOSHA 1
BUG 1
CAME WEST TOO LATE 1
CATARRH OF THE HEAD 1
CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS 1
COUGH 1
COUGHING SICKNESS 1
COUGHS 1
CROUP 1
DECLINE 1
GALLOPING CATARRH 1
GALLOPING FEVER 1
GALLOPING T.B. 1
GOING IN DECLINE 1
GRAVEYARD COUGH 1
GRIPPE 1
HASTY CONSUMPTION 1
INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS 1
LINGERING CONSUMPTION 1
MINER’S PUFF 1
NH 1
ONE-LUNGER 1
ONE-WAY TRIP TO ARIZONA 1
PHTHISIS 1
QUICK PNEUMONIA 1
RALE 1
RAPID CONSUMPTION 1
ROCK ON THE CHEST 1
ROCKS IN HIS LUNGS 1
SILICOSIS 1
SPITTING COUGH 1
THE ALPHABETS 1
THE HICKEY 1
THE WHITE PLAGUE 1
TISICA 1
TWO BUGS IN A LOCUST 1
TWO-BUCKETS 1
WALKING CONSUMPTION 1
WASTING-AWAY DISEASE 1
WHITE DEATH 1

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