TY  - JOUR
T1  - A practical manual of diseases of the chest
Y1  - 1949/03/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900280068038
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 752
EP  - 752
VL  - 139
IS  - 11
N2  - The third edition of this excellent book brings the reader up to date on almost all phases of chest disease work. A sizable number of new illustrations have been added, and various new developments have been included since the second edition was publshed in 1941. The third edition contains two new chapters, one on sarcoidosis and the other on pulmonary cysts. The first section of the book consists of chapters on anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, radiology, the relation of chest disease to general medicine and pathology, and systematic examination in diseases of the chest.In appropriate sections all of the diseases attacking the organs of the upper respiratory tract, the lower respiratory tract, the lungs, pleura and mediastinum are presented with reference to diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention.In the section on diseases of the lungs, the pneumonias, pulmonary fibrosis and the pneumonoconioses are discussed in separate
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900280068038
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900280068038
ER  -