By the 1950s, we instead knew that tuberculosis was caused by a highly contagious bacterial infection, which is slightly less romantic, but that had the upside of us being able to maybe develop drugs to treat it.
1950년대에 와서야 결핵이 전염성이 아주 강한  박테리아 감염에 의해 발생한다는 사실을 알게 됩니다. 살짝 덜 낭만적이지만 이 질병의 치료제를 개발하는 데는  훨씬 좋은 점이죠.