• To the right are Anuhuak's 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae.
They show
• Partial vertebral body collapse
• Fusion of the intervetebral space.
• Here's  what her spine looked like.
• As the Jesuit had observed, the process began in her lungs.
• Here's how her X-Ray would have looked.
• It then spread by blood to her bones and kidneys.

• The changes in the lumbar vertebrae are virtually diagnostic of tuberculosis.

Still today, tuberculosis is a major cause of death and morbidity worldwide.

• Believe it or not, right now one third of the world's population is infected.
• The causative organism for almost all cases is Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• The extensive tissue destruction, however, is due to the body's immune system.

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