Sepoy Man Bahadur, No. 726/8, of the Myitkyina Military Police Battalion, has been under in}' observation for nca.ly 18 months, and from the very beginning tubercle of the lung has been suspected. In the early part of 1908 when he first came under observation he had no physical signs of phthisis; lie was, however, losing flesh, had a slight cough and is said to have spat some blood. His sputum ...

phthisis is simply bronchitis for many months, and then becomes tuberculous by inoculation into a suitable soil. Doubtless tuberculous mischief may exist in the lung for l?ng periods anterior to the manifestation of catarrhal symptoms, and at the very earliest stage of many cases, even anterior to the manifestation of physical signs of disease in the lung, the sputum may be found to contain mul...

To those who may have reaped pleasure and benefit from the reading of previous editions of Dr. Powell's work on diseases of the lungs it will not be necessary to do more than record the fact that the new edition is excellent reading and quite up to date as regards treatment, etc. In the preface to this edition there occurs a sentence which may well be taken to heart in these 'microbic' days:?"T...