Chest Diseases

DISEASES of the CHEST

It is a high honor which I greatly appreciate to be invited to give the first Jacob Jesse Singer lecture before the American College of Chest Physicians. A close association of approximately 20 years with him gave me the opportunity to recognize his many fine qualities. It was a great shock to me when I received the news that he had been suddenly struck down a few months ago. However, his frien...

DISEASES of the CHEST

Bronchiogenic carcinoma today is one of the most important cancer problems. From being a rare condition 50 years ago it has become so common in recent years that now there is evidence indicating that, at least in males, it is the most common visceral cancer. It has displaced cancer of the stomach to second place in several large hospitals where statistical studies have been made. For example, O...

DISEASES of the CHEST

Recent advances in bronchography have occurred as a result of new bronchographic media and technique. These advances have improved the quality of bronchography to such an extent that small bronchial lesions are more readily seen. A method of correlating these bronchographic defects with their histological appearance has increased our knowledge of the ignificance of these defects. The first part...

DISEASES of the CHEST

Chest specialists now recognize that bronchiectasis is a disease which in most cases Is best treated by surgery. Many reports, especially those of Perry and King,7 and Bradshaw, Putney and Clerf,2 have emphasized the seriousness of bronchiectasis untreated by excision. They have shown that on the average patients having symptoms since early childhood do not live much beyond the age of 30 and th...

Diseases of the Chest