Domiciliary Treatment of Tuberculosis
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By F. R. Walters.?Published by Bailliere, Tindal & Cox, 1921. Price 12s. 6d. net. Tiik book is written from wide experience. The author has studied the treatment of tuberculosis in institutions both in England and on the continent. As a County Tuberculosis Officer he knows the problem well from its domiciliary aspect. Much of the subject-matter of the book will be found in larger works, but the knowledge necessary to the busy practitioner has been gathered into small compass in twenty chapters in such a way that it is easy for reference. The style of the writing is lucid and concise and there is no waste
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