Mummies tell tuberculosis tales from the crypt
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Researchers sampled 26 mummies from the crypt of a Dominican church in Vác, Hungary, including the remains of Terézia Hausmann, for signs of tuberculosis bacteria. All of the individuals died between 1745 and 1808.
Gemma Kay