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On the Examination of the Fæces in the Diagnosis of Phthisis Pulmonalis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Charles E. Gallagher
Charles E. Gallagher*
Affiliation:
Leavesden Mental Hospital
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Many methods have been devised as adjuncts to clinical observation in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Leaving aside the use of the Röntgen rays and the method of cyto-diagnosis which at one time had vogue in France, the procedures may be divided into two groups: (1) those which depend on the observation of the effects of various extracts of the tubercle bacillus upon the patient; and (2) those which depend on laboratory observations upon various materials (sputum, blood, fæces, etc.). Among those in the former group are the tuberculin test, the Von Pirquet, Moro's cutaneous and Calmette's ophthalmic reactions. Their uses are limited. It is the methods in the latter group that lend themselves more readily to general use.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 75 , Issue 308 , January 1929 , pp. 75 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1929 

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