Pulmonary phthisis and bacilli

The Prevention of Pulmonary Phthisis

The Curability and Treatment of Pulmonary Phthisis

This book, written by one of the best authorities on the subject, contains the substance of lectures delivered in December, 1880, and January, 188.1, before the discovery of the tubercle bacillus by Dr. Robert Koch in 1882. At the meeting of the International Congress in Copenhagen, in 1884, it was asserted by Dr. Jaccoud, in elegant and forcible language, that the discovery of the bacillus had...

Is the Gurkha Predisposed to Pulmonary Phthisis?

Significance of Hoarseness and Aphonia in Cases of Pulmonary Phthisis

It is a well recognised fact that hoarseness and aphonia are, in a certain proportion of all cases of pulmonary phthisis, added to the usual symptoms of the latter disease. Hoarseness is more commonly met with in lung disease than aphonia; in fact, the latter may be said to be decidedly rare. Having had opportunities of examining a great many cases of lung consumption in which one or other of t...

Relationship between CT Findings of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Acid-Fast Bacilli Sputum Smears

Background and purpose: Computed tomography (CT) scan is of great help in confirming the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) before the sputum test result. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pulmonary involvement patterns in CT scans of TB patients with positive sputum smears. Materials and methods: This retrospective descriptive-analytical study was conducted usi...