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The tuberculin reaction in patients of the Fiji leprosy hospital.
Tuberculosis has long been, and still remains, an important if subsidiary complication of leprosy in this institution. Beginning in 1947-1948 (1), and continued more recently, the inmate population was subjected to tuberculin testing. Having received an inquiry about the results of that work (3), I present the findings here in summary form. The reports from this hospital show that such an inves...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Folklore
سال: 1896
ISSN: 0015-587X,1469-8315
DOI: 10.1080/0015587x.1896.9720334