OBSERVATIONS ON TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Authors: C MUSCHENHEIM, P A BUNN, F S LANSDOWN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 June 1946OBSERVATIONS ON TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITALCARL MUSCHENHEIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL A. BUNN, M.D., FRANCES S. LANSDOWN, M.D.CARL MUSCHENHEIM, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL A. BUNN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANCES S. LANSDOWN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-6-968 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis is fundamentally a clinical problem. Though the first steps in case-finding, which consist of tuberculin testing and roentgen-ray surveys, may be viewed as technics of public health administration and roentgenology, the evaluation and management of the suspected or manifest disease found is the responsibility of the clinician. Despite this self-evident fact, in many teaching hospitals relatively little attention is given either to adequate measures for control of tuberculosis among their personnel, or to the training of students and staff in the modern concepts of early diagnosis and treatment. Even where periodic roentgen-ray examinations of...Bibliography1. PARFITT CD: Osler's influence in the war against tuberculosis, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1942, xlvii, 293. Google Scholar2. HAHNMUSCHENHEIMFREUND RGCJ: Pulmonary tuberculosis in medical students and nurses, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1941, xliii, 600. Google Scholar3. ORDWAYMEDLARSASANO WHEMKT: Routine application of concentration, culture, and guinea pig inoculation for the demonstration of tubercle bacilli in tuberculous cases under treatment, Yale Jr. Biol. and Med., 1943, xv, 353. Google Scholar4. MYERSDIEHLBOYNTONSTREUKENS JAHSRETL: Tuberculosis among students and graduates of schools of law and medicine, Yale Jr. Biol. and Med., 1943, xv, 439. Google Scholar5. REID AC: The control of tuberculosis. II. Pulmonary tuberculosis in employees, Jr. Indust. Hyg. and Toxicol., 1940, xxii, 408. Google Scholar6. REID AC: Personal communication. Google Scholar7. RIGGINSAMBERSON HMJB: The detection and control of tuberculosis among nurses, Am. Jr. Nursing, 1940, xl, 1137. Google Scholar8. BECKERMAN JM: Personal communication. Google Scholar9. AMBERSON JB: The lasting cure of early pulmonary tuberculosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. STIEHM RH: Subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis; a presentation of forty cases, Ann. Int. Med., 1940, xiii, 2285. Google Scholar11. MYERSDIEHLBOYNTONTRACH JAHSREB: Development of tuberculosis in adult life, Arch. Int. Med., 1937, lix, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication October 19, 1945.From the Departments of Medicine and of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y., and the New York Hospital, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA follow-up study of tuberculosis in student nursesTuberculosis: Incidence among American Medical Students, Prevention and Control and the Use of BCG 1 June 1946Volume 24, Issue 6Page: 968-987KeywordsHealth surveysHospital medicinePrevention, policy, and public healthPreventive medicineTuberculin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...