TUBERCULOSIS AMONG STUDENTS AND GRADUATES IN NURSING
Authors: J. Arthur Myers, Ruth E. Boynton, Harold S. Diehl, T. L. Streukens, Philip T. Y. Ch'iu
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 November 1940TUBERCULOSIS AMONG STUDENTS AND GRADUATES IN NURSINGJ. ARTHUR MYERS, F.A.C.P., RUTH E. BOYNTON, HAROLD S. DIEHL, T. L. STREUKENS, PHILIP T. Y. CH'IUJ. ARTHUR MYERS, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, RUTH E. BOYNTONSearch for more papers by this author, HAROLD S. DIEHLSearch for more papers by this author, T. L. STREUKENSSearch for more papers by this author, PHILIP T. Y. CH'IUSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-5-873 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past decade there has been a widespread interest revived in the subject of tuberculosis among nurses, with particular emphasis on the transmission of the disease from patients to students and graduates of this profession. The danger of those who care for tuberculous patients contracting the disease has long been recognized, as evidenced by the following statement: "Isocrates (436-338 B.C.), pleading for the inheritance of a consumptive who had adopted him and whom he had nursed, exclaimed: 'I was in such a condition that all my friends, who came to visit me, expressed their fear that I perish with...Bibliography ALTSHULER SS: Tuberculous infection and disease among student nurses, Trans. 30th annual meeting Nat. Tuberc. Assoc., 1934, 366. Google Scholar AMBERSON JB: The significance of tuberculosis in the college age group, Journal-Lancet, 1936, lvi, 189. Google Scholar AMBERSONRIGGINS JBHM: Tuberculosis among student nurses: a five-year study at Bellevue Hospital, ANN. INT. MED., 1936, x, 156. Google Scholar BADGERSPINK TLWW: First-infection type of tuberculosis in adults, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1937, ccxvii, 424. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BADGERSPINK TLWW: Sources of tuberculous infection among nurses, Am. 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