RT Journal
T1 PUlmonary tuberculosis in adults and children
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD December 23
VO 113
IS 26
SP 2345
OP 2346
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800510066025
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800510066025
AB As pointed out in both prefaces of this book, the work is a "fusion" of two monographs, each of which was prepared for a current system of medicine. Naturally, there are imperfections in such an artificial union. Repetitious statements, slight incongruities and lack of liaison are therefore more or less unavoidable, irrespective of the recognized ability and standing of both authors. Perhaps the most important incongruity is that the "cart is before the horse" when the "adult part" is placed ahead of that devoted to "tuberculosis of childhood."Taking up Dr. Wallgren's part first (the logical order) there is little to say in a way of criticism and much to praise in the clinical field. It represents largely an essence of his own numerous studies. With regard to morbidity he tends to emphasize his own observations—an incidence of about 80 per cent infection by 20 years of age—but does not