The Forgotten Plague: How the Battle Against Tuberculosis was Won - and Lost

Ryan examines the history of tuberculosis and the scientists whose research eventually led to the ability to cure TB in individuals: Gerhard Domagk, a German who worked literally while WW II bombs destroyed his surroundings; Jorgen Lehman, a Dane, who envisioned a cure via a molecule of aspirin; and Selman Waxman, US soil scientist, who with his associate Albert Shatz, discovered streptomycin.