Some aspects of the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Fletcher, George (1919) Some aspects of the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. MD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

The beginnings of human tuberculosis lie beyond all written records. Centuries before the Greek physicians described the salient features of the disease, its victims were known to the embalmers in Egypt (1); and it was doubtless long before the age of the Pharoahs that the tubercle bacillus assumed the parasitic mode of life and began its baleful work among men. In the absence of statistical evidence we can only speculate as to the extent of its ravages in the past, but if we come to comparatively modern times and look at the list of great men who have died of consumption we can form some vague idea as to how gravely it has crippled mankind at large.

• Item Type: Thesis (MD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Medicine, pathology.
• Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; R Medicine > RB Pathology
• Colleges/Schools: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences
• Date of Award: 1919
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1919-80982
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2024 14:45
• Last Modified: 23 Apr 2025 15:14
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.80982
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/80982