By the 1950s, we instead knew that tuberculosis was caused by a highly contagious bacterial infection, which is slightly less romantic, but that had the upside of us being able to maybe develop drugs to treat it.
Omkring 1950'erne vidste vi dog at tuberkulose var forårsaget af en yderst smitsom, bakteriel infektion, som er noget mindre romantisk. Dog havde det den positive egenskab, at vi nu kunne udvikle medicin, som måske kunne behandle sygdommen.