Tuberculosis in Childhood. By Dorothy Stopford Price, M.D

This second edition contains 219 pages. Its thirteen chapters touch on many phases of tuberculosis in childhood. In diagnosis, the author emphasizes the importance of the tuberculin test and states that it is an essential diagnostic aid in the detection of all forms of tuberculosis among children. It is the only possible method of detecting symptomless primary tuberculosis. She points out that in the adolescent and young adult the tuberculin test is becoming more valuable, as primary infection is more often postponed to these ages. Repeated tuberculin testing of nonreactors is regarded as necessary. The statement that primary tuberculous infection occurs at some time in the life history of every person does not apply to the United States, where in large areas not more than 5 to 8 per cent react to tuberculin at the age of 18 years.

The chapter on roentgen rays contains forty-three illustrations of pathologic specimens