John Keats was an English Romantic poet born in the late 1700ʼs. Among his
better known works are ʻOde on a Grecian Urnʼ and ʻOde to a Nightingaleʼ. Keats
suffered a series of hemorrhages in 1820 and died at the age of 25 from tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is a potentially fatal disease caused by a bacterium known as
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts
of the body such as the brain, kidneys, and spine.
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