Chest patient's brutal cure worked (10)

I believe the answer is:

tubercular

'chest patient's' is the definition.
(someone with tuberculosis)

'brutal cure worked' is the wordplay.
'worked' indicates an anagram.
'brutal'+'cure'='brutalcure'
'brutalcure' with letters rearranged gives 'TUBERCULAR'.

(Another definition for tubercular that I've seen is " related to consumption".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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