TUBERCULOSIS IN MEDICAL AND NURSING HOSPITAL PERSONNEL
Authors: J. Arthur Myers, Benedict Trach, Harold S. Diehl, Ruth E. Boynton
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 June 1938TUBERCULOSIS IN MEDICAL AND NURSING HOSPITAL PERSONNELJ. ARTHUR MYERS, F.A.C.P., BENEDICT TRACH, HAROLD S. DIEHL, RUTH E. BOYNTONJ. ARTHUR MYERS, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, BENEDICT TRACHSearch for more papers by this author, HAROLD S. DIEHLSearch for more papers by this author, RUTH E. BOYNTONSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-12-2181 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a previous paper1reports were presented on three private hospital schools of nursing in which the students were observed with reference to tuberculosis. The hospital of School I operated a tuberculosis division where every student nurse at some time before graduation was compelled to spend three months. 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BOYNTONAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Presented in part before the joint meeting of the Philadelphia Medical Society and the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Association, January 20; the Colorado Tuberculosis Association and the Denver Sanatorium Association, Denver, February 22; the Academy of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, May 21; the 32nd annual meeting of the American Sanatorium Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 31; and the joint meeting of the Medical Society of the County of Queens and the Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association, Jamaica, New York, September 22, 1937.Prepared with the aid of a grant from the Medical Research Fund, University of Minnesota.From the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, and the Lymanhurst Health Center, Minneapolis, Minn. 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