TUBERCULOSIS AMONG STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF MEDICINE
Authors: J. Arthur Myers, Harold S. Diehl, Ruth E. Boynton, Philip T. Y. Ch'iu, Theodore L. Streukens, Benedict Trach
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 March 1941TUBERCULOSIS AMONG STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF MEDICINEJ. ARTHUR MYERS, F.A.C.P., HAROLD S. DIEHL, RUTH E. BOYNTON, PHILIP T. Y. CH'IU, THEODORE L. STREUKENS, BENEDICT TRACHJ. ARTHUR MYERS, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD S. DIEHLSearch for more papers by this author, RUTH E. BOYNTONSearch for more papers by this author, PHILIP T. Y. CH'IUSearch for more papers by this author, THEODORE L. STREUKENSSearch for more papers by this author, BENEDICT TRACHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-9-1575 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe problem of tuberculosis among students and graduates of medicine has been present since the earliest days of medical practice. Valsalva, the anatomist (1666-1723), avoided postmortem examinations when the cause of death was consumption. Morgagni, his pupil (1682-1771), continued this practice avoiding them in order to protect his students as well as for personal reasons. Isocrates (436-338 B.C.), Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), and Galen (131-201 A.D.) appreciated the contagiousness of tuberculosis. Laennec, himself, infected his left index finger while performing a postmortem examination about 1800 and died of consumption in 1826.In 1818 Armstrong said: "When young men enter upon the...Bibliography ARMSTRONG J: Practical illustrations of the scarlet fever, measles, pulmonary consumption and chronic diseases, London, 1818, pages 223 and 246. Google Scholar BATES RR: A follow-up study of the medical-student and physician patients discharged from Trudeau Sanatorium, 1916-1931, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1935, xxxii, 161. Google Scholar BRUETSCH WL: Eighty-fourth annual report of the Board of Trustees and Superintendent of the Central State Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1932. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication July 24, 1939.Prepared with the aid of a grant from the research fund of the University of Minnesota. From the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine and Students' Health Service, University of Minnesota, and the Lymanhurst Health Center, Minneapolis. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRisk of Progression to Active Tuberculosis Following Reinfection With Mycobacterium tuberculosisLaboratory-acquired tuberculosisAn Epidemic of Tuberculosis in a Medical School 1 March 1941Volume 14, Issue 9Page: 1575-1594KeywordsAutopsyGraduate medical educationMedical servicesPreventive medicineResearch fundingResearch grants ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...