Tuberculosis; a treatise by American authors on its etiology, pathology, frequency, semeiology, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention and treatment.

  • Arnold Klebs
Date:
1909
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    EDITOK'S PREFACE A CONTINUOUS and systematic discussion of the whole subject of tuberculosis in all those phases of interest and value to the practitioner by a single author has become an impossibility. In view of the enor- mous literature—nearly three tliousand pul)lications of 1908 alone have been collected in the editor's office—the task of sifting the important from the unimportant can only be undertaken by those who can devote much time exclusively to one distinct phase. The study of tuberculosis thus necessitates a specialization within the range of a special subject. Every chapter in this book deals with a distinct phase of the subject, and is treated by authors whose particular familiarity with it is well recognized—in several instances even far beyond the boundaries of this country. It has been the endeavor of the editor to bring the articles into proper juxtaposition by personal intercourse and extensive corre- spondence with the contributors, so that the principal theme is treated in a uniform manner, and does not merely represent a collection of articles, but a consistent whole to fill the requirements of the man in busy practice and without the* cold neutrality of a mere work of reference. Altliough the fullest attention has been paid to the funda- mental work done in other countries, it is but natural that in this Ameri- can treatise a full consideration is given to the work done here, the value of which will undoubtedly become more and more generally ap- preciated. Thus it may be hoped that the international cooperation auspiciously inaugurated at the Washington Congress may also be fur- thered by this work for the benefit of all concerned. The guiding consideration of the needs of the practitioner has neces- sitated a shorter discussion of certain subjects which have received con- siderable space in other works. An often bewildering completeness has thereby been avoided. A carefully selected bibliography, however, ar- ranged by names of authors and subjects as well, should prove of assist-
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