In the introduction, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social drops some TB facts
Annually more than a million people die of TB
Overall, more than a *billion* people have died of TB in last 2 centuries
That’s also something like 1 in 7 people who have ever lived 🤯
#NephJCBookClub
Annually more than a million people die of TB
Overall, more than a *billion* people have died of TB in last 2 centuries
That’s also something like 1 in 7 people who have ever lived 🤯
#NephJCBookClub
June 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In the introduction, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social drops some TB facts
Annually more than a million people die of TB
Overall, more than a *billion* people have died of TB in last 2 centuries
That’s also something like 1 in 7 people who have ever lived 🤯
#NephJCBookClub
Annually more than a million people die of TB
Overall, more than a *billion* people have died of TB in last 2 centuries
That’s also something like 1 in 7 people who have ever lived 🤯
#NephJCBookClub
Well, we have come to the end of our discusion. This has been a blast and I think it was one of the best #NephJCBookCLub Turnouts we have had. Thank you everyone for joining in. #NephJC
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Well, we have come to the end of our discusion. This has been a blast and I think it was one of the best #NephJCBookCLub Turnouts we have had. Thank you everyone for joining in. #NephJC
Can’t escape the #NephJCBookClub!
Everything is tuberculosis is everywhere! @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
At the local book store
Everything is tuberculosis is everywhere! @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
At the local book store
August 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Can’t escape the #NephJCBookClub!
Everything is tuberculosis is everywhere! @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
At the local book store
Everything is tuberculosis is everywhere! @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
At the local book store
This #nephjc tweetorial masterclass from @hswapnil.medsky.social tells you everything you will need to know for the #nephjcbookclub #allhashtagsmatter
In the introduction, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social drops some TB facts
Annually more than a million people die of TB
Overall, more than a *billion* people have died of TB in last 2 centuries
That’s also something like 1 in 7 people who have ever lived 🤯
#NephJCBookClub
Annually more than a million people die of TB
Overall, more than a *billion* people have died of TB in last 2 centuries
That’s also something like 1 in 7 people who have ever lived 🤯
#NephJCBookClub
August 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This #nephjc tweetorial masterclass from @hswapnil.medsky.social tells you everything you will need to know for the #nephjcbookclub #allhashtagsmatter
And poetry from @nephromommy-akshu.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/8/...
#NephJC #NephJCBookClub
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/8/...
#NephJC #NephJCBookClub
#NephJC Summer Book Club Everything Is Tuberculosis poetry — NephJC
Akshaya Jayachandran, NephJC intern was inspired by John Green’s Everything is Tuberculosis to write the following poem.
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August 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Even world war 1!
The three Archduke assassins had TB, were expecting to die anyways (and did) and hence desperate enough for an assassination attempt en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi... which is a great story by itself
#NephJCBookClub
The three Archduke assassins had TB, were expecting to die anyways (and did) and hence desperate enough for an assassination attempt en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi... which is a great story by itself
#NephJCBookClub
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
June 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Even world war 1!
The three Archduke assassins had TB, were expecting to die anyways (and did) and hence desperate enough for an assassination attempt en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi... which is a great story by itself
#NephJCBookClub
The three Archduke assassins had TB, were expecting to die anyways (and did) and hence desperate enough for an assassination attempt en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi... which is a great story by itself
#NephJCBookClub
Everything is Tuberculosis
✍️&🎙️ John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJC 📚
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCSummerBookClub
👉 www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...
@nephroseeker.medsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
✍️&🎙️ John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJC 📚
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCSummerBookClub
👉 www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...
@nephroseeker.medsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Everything is Tuberculosis
✍️&🎙️ John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJC 📚
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCSummerBookClub
👉 www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...
@nephroseeker.medsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
✍️&🎙️ John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJC 📚
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCSummerBookClub
👉 www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...
@nephroseeker.medsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
Remember to add #NephJC (and not #NephJCBookClub) to every post you want to be part of the discussion
August 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Remember to add #NephJC (and not #NephJCBookClub) to every post you want to be part of the discussion
SO @hswapnil.medsky.social did some great work posting with the hashtag #NephJCBookClub, we will be posting tonight with #NephJC as usual. Don't try to get fancy swap...and my eyes are on you too @jwaitz.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
SO @hswapnil.medsky.social did some great work posting with the hashtag #NephJCBookClub, we will be posting tonight with #NephJC as usual. Don't try to get fancy swap...and my eyes are on you too @jwaitz.bsky.social
Also funding coming in for the Ebola crisis and then disappearing post crisis leaves huge gaps and waste of infrastructure
Needless to say - this is happening now with DOGE dismantling USAID 😞
#NephJCBookClub
Needless to say - this is happening now with DOGE dismantling USAID 😞
#NephJCBookClub
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Also funding coming in for the Ebola crisis and then disappearing post crisis leaves huge gaps and waste of infrastructure
Needless to say - this is happening now with DOGE dismantling USAID 😞
#NephJCBookClub
Needless to say - this is happening now with DOGE dismantling USAID 😞
#NephJCBookClub
His wife Emma gifted him the 🔬- and he promptly had an affair with a teenage named Hedwig and eventually left Emma a few years later 😳
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCBookClub
June 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
His wife Emma gifted him the 🔬- and he promptly had an affair with a teenage named Hedwig and eventually left Emma a few years later 😳
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCBookClub
“It’s easy to make perfect decisions with perfect information. Medicine asks you to make perfect decisions with imperfect information.”
From The Laws of Medicine
#NephJCBookClub http://a.co/dLHqNGZ
From The Laws of Medicine
#NephJCBookClub http://a.co/dLHqNGZ
December 3, 2024 at 12:02 AM
“It’s easy to make perfect decisions with perfect information. Medicine asks you to make perfect decisions with imperfect information.”
From The Laws of Medicine
#NephJCBookClub http://a.co/dLHqNGZ
From The Laws of Medicine
#NephJCBookClub http://a.co/dLHqNGZ
Especially the poets!
Keats ‘Youth grows pale, spectre-thin, then dies’
Sukanta ‘our history will. E shaped by/hungry stomachs’
Masaoka Shiki was’a phlegm-filled Buddha’
#NephJCBookClub
Keats ‘Youth grows pale, spectre-thin, then dies’
Sukanta ‘our history will. E shaped by/hungry stomachs’
Masaoka Shiki was’a phlegm-filled Buddha’
#NephJCBookClub
June 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Especially the poets!
Keats ‘Youth grows pale, spectre-thin, then dies’
Sukanta ‘our history will. E shaped by/hungry stomachs’
Masaoka Shiki was’a phlegm-filled Buddha’
#NephJCBookClub
Keats ‘Youth grows pale, spectre-thin, then dies’
Sukanta ‘our history will. E shaped by/hungry stomachs’
Masaoka Shiki was’a phlegm-filled Buddha’
#NephJCBookClub
Streptomycin didn’t help the best modern writer of the English language either
See pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... from @hildabast.bsky.social
He developed severe side effects. PAS wasn’t enough either
#NephJCBookClub
See pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... from @hildabast.bsky.social
He developed severe side effects. PAS wasn’t enough either
#NephJCBookClub
July 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Streptomycin didn’t help the best modern writer of the English language either
See pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... from @hildabast.bsky.social
He developed severe side effects. PAS wasn’t enough either
#NephJCBookClub
See pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... from @hildabast.bsky.social
He developed severe side effects. PAS wasn’t enough either
#NephJCBookClub
Arkansas does not have much TB, but when it does….look at that race/ethnicity relative risks 😱
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jama.com JNO
#NephJCBookClub on TB coming up in August
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jama.com JNO
#NephJCBookClub on TB coming up in August
July 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Arkansas does not have much TB, but when it does….look at that race/ethnicity relative risks 😱
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jama.com JNO
#NephJCBookClub on TB coming up in August
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jama.com JNO
#NephJCBookClub on TB coming up in August
In Canada 🇨🇦 in 1930s or so
- white Canadians died of TB at rate of ~ 70/100,000
- the First Nations died at rate of ~ 700/100,000
And
Kids in residential school? At ~ 8,000 per 100,000
8% mortality, just from TB in residential schools 😱
#NephJCBookClub
- white Canadians died of TB at rate of ~ 70/100,000
- the First Nations died at rate of ~ 700/100,000
And
Kids in residential school? At ~ 8,000 per 100,000
8% mortality, just from TB in residential schools 😱
#NephJCBookClub
June 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In Canada 🇨🇦 in 1930s or so
- white Canadians died of TB at rate of ~ 70/100,000
- the First Nations died at rate of ~ 700/100,000
And
Kids in residential school? At ~ 8,000 per 100,000
8% mortality, just from TB in residential schools 😱
#NephJCBookClub
- white Canadians died of TB at rate of ~ 70/100,000
- the First Nations died at rate of ~ 700/100,000
And
Kids in residential school? At ~ 8,000 per 100,000
8% mortality, just from TB in residential schools 😱
#NephJCBookClub
We also read about Gale Perkins friend (Angie’s experience) and Angie’s dad’s poignant letter writing story
Gale Perkins memoir; www.ccbpublishing.com/978192736014...
#NephJCBookClub
Gale Perkins memoir; www.ccbpublishing.com/978192736014...
#NephJCBookClub
C. Gale Perkins Tuberculosis Survivor Memoir
C. Gale Perkins Tuberculosis Survivor Memoir
www.ccbpublishing.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We also read about Gale Perkins friend (Angie’s experience) and Angie’s dad’s poignant letter writing story
Gale Perkins memoir; www.ccbpublishing.com/978192736014...
#NephJCBookClub
Gale Perkins memoir; www.ccbpublishing.com/978192736014...
#NephJCBookClub
Chapter 13 deals with why we haven’t controlled the disease despite effective drugs
Compliance, adherence - they are dirty words in @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social view
DOTS (pioneered by the late Karel Styblo and others) is now viewed as paternalistic and problematic
#NephJCBookClub
Compliance, adherence - they are dirty words in @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social view
DOTS (pioneered by the late Karel Styblo and others) is now viewed as paternalistic and problematic
#NephJCBookClub
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Chapter 13 deals with why we haven’t controlled the disease despite effective drugs
Compliance, adherence - they are dirty words in @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social view
DOTS (pioneered by the late Karel Styblo and others) is now viewed as paternalistic and problematic
#NephJCBookClub
Compliance, adherence - they are dirty words in @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social view
DOTS (pioneered by the late Karel Styblo and others) is now viewed as paternalistic and problematic
#NephJCBookClub
Just finished ✅
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCBookClub
Everything is Tuberculosis
✍️&🎙️ John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJC 📚
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCSummerBookClub
👉 www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...
@nephroseeker.medsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
✍️&🎙️ John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJC 📚
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCSummerBookClub
👉 www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...
@nephroseeker.medsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Just finished ✅
#NephJCBookClub
#NephJCBookClub
In Chapter 4 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social goes back to history
Other famous people with TB (images)
Germ theory didn’t exist. TB’s slow growth makes it heard - though Ibn Sina (aka Avicenna) had written ‘contaminated by tainted foreign organisms ..not visible to naked eye’!
#NephJCBookClub
Other famous people with TB (images)
Germ theory didn’t exist. TB’s slow growth makes it heard - though Ibn Sina (aka Avicenna) had written ‘contaminated by tainted foreign organisms ..not visible to naked eye’!
#NephJCBookClub
June 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
In Chapter 4 @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social goes back to history
Other famous people with TB (images)
Germ theory didn’t exist. TB’s slow growth makes it heard - though Ibn Sina (aka Avicenna) had written ‘contaminated by tainted foreign organisms ..not visible to naked eye’!
#NephJCBookClub
Other famous people with TB (images)
Germ theory didn’t exist. TB’s slow growth makes it heard - though Ibn Sina (aka Avicenna) had written ‘contaminated by tainted foreign organisms ..not visible to naked eye’!
#NephJCBookClub
Chapter 1 is about a trip to Lakka in Sierra Leone and a serendipitous side trip to the hospital brimming with TB patient.
Indeed - drugs aren’t enough - the malnutrition is a huge issue - and unfulfilled hunger following TB treatment making people stop therapy 😱
#NephJCBookClub
Indeed - drugs aren’t enough - the malnutrition is a huge issue - and unfulfilled hunger following TB treatment making people stop therapy 😱
#NephJCBookClub
June 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Chapter 1 is about a trip to Lakka in Sierra Leone and a serendipitous side trip to the hospital brimming with TB patient.
Indeed - drugs aren’t enough - the malnutrition is a huge issue - and unfulfilled hunger following TB treatment making people stop therapy 😱
#NephJCBookClub
Indeed - drugs aren’t enough - the malnutrition is a huge issue - and unfulfilled hunger following TB treatment making people stop therapy 😱
#NephJCBookClub
Slightly off topic - but it seems he developed TB, did not take streptomycin, spent time in a TB sanatorium reading the ‘Magic Mountain’
Everything is TB after all #NephJCBookClub @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Everything is TB after all #NephJCBookClub @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Slightly off topic - but it seems he developed TB, did not take streptomycin, spent time in a TB sanatorium reading the ‘Magic Mountain’
Everything is TB after all #NephJCBookClub @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Everything is TB after all #NephJCBookClub @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
#NephJCBookClub will be on this week
Check out @kidneyboy.bsky.social take on 'Everything is TB' here
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/8/...
Hope @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social can join us tomorrow at 9 pm EST for the discussion
#NephJC
Check out @kidneyboy.bsky.social take on 'Everything is TB' here
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/8/...
Hope @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social can join us tomorrow at 9 pm EST for the discussion
#NephJC
#NephJC Summer Bookclub: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green — NephJC
The summer book club started in 2015 , with one of the best books we have done in book club, Atul Gawande's Being Mortal . I think it should be required reading for all physicians. So now, in 2025, ...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#NephJCBookClub will be on this week
Check out @kidneyboy.bsky.social take on 'Everything is TB' here
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/8/...
Hope @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social can join us tomorrow at 9 pm EST for the discussion
#NephJC
Check out @kidneyboy.bsky.social take on 'Everything is TB' here
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/8/...
Hope @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social can join us tomorrow at 9 pm EST for the discussion
#NephJC
This was exposed by ….Arthur Conan Doyle’s sleuthing www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...
(A few years before his first Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️ story)
#NephJCBookClub
(A few years before his first Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️ story)
#NephJCBookClub
Dr. Koch and his Cure - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
www.arthur-conan-doyle.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was exposed by ….Arthur Conan Doyle’s sleuthing www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?ti...
(A few years before his first Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️ story)
#NephJCBookClub
(A few years before his first Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️ story)
#NephJCBookClub
Chapter 7 is about the ‘beauty’ of consumption
‘The flattering malady’ - Charlotte Brontë (all 3 sisters died of TB)
‘The hectic glow of consumption’ Thoreau
#NephJCBookClub
‘The flattering malady’ - Charlotte Brontë (all 3 sisters died of TB)
‘The hectic glow of consumption’ Thoreau
#NephJCBookClub
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Chapter 7 is about the ‘beauty’ of consumption
‘The flattering malady’ - Charlotte Brontë (all 3 sisters died of TB)
‘The hectic glow of consumption’ Thoreau
#NephJCBookClub
‘The flattering malady’ - Charlotte Brontë (all 3 sisters died of TB)
‘The hectic glow of consumption’ Thoreau
#NephJCBookClub