The treatment and fate of two hundred persons seen in the tuberculosis clinic, Port of Spain, between 1947 and 1950 (abstract only)

The treatment and fate of 205 cases of tuberculosis seen for the first time in the Port of Spain clinic between June 1947 and October 1950 are described. These were cases for whom treatment was believed to be of value. During the same period, four or five times as many patients were seen, whose condition was so advanced that no form of treatment was advised. These cases were treated initially by artificial pneumothorax and pneumoperitoneum and only 18 percent were given drugs at any time. There is evidence that (1) artificial pneumothorax and pneumoperitoneum are of value in considerable numbers of cases as a preparation for some form of other treatment.(AU)