This reminds me that tobacco appears to have been prescribed for lung
complaints in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - I have come across
several instances of tobacco for medicinal use in overseer' accounts as well
as brandy.
Peter Park.
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From: "GATLEY David A" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: TB and lung cancer
Thanks,
From what you say, it seems very likely that smokers have long been dying of
lung cancer, but as this was confused with TB (which I think was the main
killer of the humand race) the true extent of the problem was simply not
recognised till the 1960s.
David
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From: From: Local-History list on behalf of Nick Hudd
Sent: Tue 11/8/2005 14:36
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Subject: TB and lung cancer
David
Very easy to confuse the two, to this day. The scanning, endoscopic and
pathological advances of the last 10-20 years make mistakes relatively
unlikely, but it would by no means be impossible
Nick Hudd
Consultant Physician
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