What Is Tuberculosis?

Its Control and Prevention

1st Edition - January 1, 1944
Author: Milosh Sekulich
Editor: Mark Clement
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
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What Is Tuberculosis?: Its Control and Prevention provides an introduction to the understanding of tuberculosis, a contagious lung disease caused by tubercle bacillus. This book… Read more

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What Is Tuberculosis?: Its Control and Prevention provides an introduction to the understanding of tuberculosis, a contagious lung disease caused by tubercle bacillus. This book discusses the characteristics, causes, treatment, control, and prevention of this disease. Organized into two parts encompassing 85 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the nature of the problem of tuberculosis. This text then explores the characteristics of tubercle bacillus, which is very resistant and can live for a long time outside the body especially in damp dark places. Other chapters consider the modes of infection and explain how bacillus tuberculosis enters the body by inhalation and by ingestion. This book discusses as well the most dangerous source of infection, namely, a patient with open tuberculosis of the lungs. The final chapter deals with tuberculosis as a useful index of the social and economic conditions of a community. This book is a valuable resource for physicians and scientists.

PrefacePart I What is Tuberculosis? Introduction Definition of Tuberculosis The cause of Tuberculosis Characteristics and varieties of Bacillus Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and Heredity Tuberculin Reactions Significance of Tuberculin Reactions Tuberculosis Infection Sources of Infection Typical cases of Infection Changes, taking place in an organism infected with Bacillus Tuberculosis First symptoms of Tuberculosis of the Lungs Diagnosis Mass Radiography and Tomography Should a consumptive be told the truth? Tuberculosis is a social disease Social causes of Tuberculosis The economic factor as a cause of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and the home Food and Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and alcoholism Tuberculosis and mode of life Social Pathology of Tuberculosis The spread of Tuberculosis The fight against Tuberculosis in rural districts Mortality from Tuberculosis in Yugoslavia Mortality from Tuberculosis in England and WalesPart II Prevention and Treatment How to prevent infection Preventing Tubercle Bacilli entering the body Milk and Pasteurisation Disinfection of books and letters Disinfection of rooms Disinfection of floors Disinfection of furniture Calmette - Guerin Vaccine (BCG) Protection of children Tuberculosis and marriage Building up resistance to Tuberculosis Education and propaganda Importance of scientific work Individual Treatment of Tuberculosis of the Lungs Aims and Methods of Individual Treatment, Hygienic add Dietetic Régime, Fresh Air Climatic Treatment Rest Exercise and Recreation Sports and Work Hydrotherapy Heliotherapy Diet Special Methods in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Immunotherapy Chemotherapy Disinfection of sputum Disinfection of table ware Disinfection of clothing and linen Collapse Therapy Artificial Pneumothorax (A.P.) Oleothorax Pneumolysis Phrenic Nerve Operations Phrenic Alcoholisation Thoracoplasty Extrapleural Pneumolysis Closed suction drainage Combination of methods Treatment of Tuberculous Diabetics Medicinal Treatment Treatment of Surgical Tuberculosis Institutions for Treatment and Prevention The Night Rest Centre The Day Rest Centre The Hospital The Sanatorium The Isolation Home The Convalescent Home The Colony Papworth Village Settlement Is Pulmonary Tuberculosis curable? What we understand by cure and how to prove it Is Tuberculosis as a social disease curable?