Tuberculosis in Infancy and Childhood (Classic Reprint): Lectures Delivered at the Children's Hospital, Phiadelphia, Under the Auspices of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society - Couverture souple

Gittings, J. Claxton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133457507X ISBN 13 : 9781334575075

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Comprehensive lectures on tuberculosis in young patients, with practical insights from early pediatric practice. This volume presents a series of lectures delivered at a Philadelphia hospital, offering a historical yet still informative view of how physicians approached tuberculosis in infancy and childhood. It covers the disease’s presentation in children, diagnostic principles, and a range of treatments used in its era.

The text surveys clinical forms across organs, from skin and bones to the lungs and abdomen, and discusses the progression, complications, and outcomes seen in pediatric tuberculosis. It also examines methods of prevention, nutrition, environmental factors, and the role of emerging therapies that shaped early 20th‑century practice.

- Learn how doctors classified and diagnosed tuberculosis in children, with notes on symptoms, signs, and organ involvement.
- Explore the era’s treatment ideas, including tuberculin therapy and heliotherapy, and their observed effects and cautions.
- See how clinicians considered nutrition, living conditions, and prevention in managing pediatric TB.
- Understand the historical context of pediatric tuberculosis through case examples and clinical guidance.

Ideal for readers seeking a historical reference or a window into early pediatric medicine and its approach to a curable yet serious childhood disease.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Many special works on tuberculosis contain much valuable information concerning the disease in early life, but none of these books supplies sufficient detailed information, presented from the standpoint of the pediatrician. There seems to be an undoubted need, therefore, for a more comprehensive presentation of the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in early life. No book can take the place of actual experience, but at least it is possible to supply the tools with which the practitioner can tackle his job for it is for the general practitioner that this book is intended. It is based upon a course of lectures which were delivered at the Children s Hospital, Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Philadelphia Pediatrio Society. The subject of tuberculosis is introduced by a consideration of the various etiological factors types of tubercle bacilli and their relative importance, childhood infection and immunity, methods of dissemination and modes of infection. A chapter is devoted to the general principles of diagnosis of tuberculosis, from the carefully elicited history to the complete examination, including also the constitutional symptoms which are more or less common to all forms of the disease. The value of tuberculin in diagnosis is much greater in early life than at any other period, and detailed instructions are given for the application of the various tests.
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133457507X
• ISBN 13: 9781334575075
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 297
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