[email protected] wrote: > > thanks for your reply. Then if it is said that one had consumption, it > actually means they had T.B.??? > thanks, > patty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 5:22 PM > Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] consumption?? > > > quote: a progressive wasting away of the body, especially when some has > > tuberculosis. > > > > I have also seen cancer refered to as consumption (?)