LUNG TUBERCULOSIS.
STATEMENT OF FRENCH PROFESSOR. WRONG DIAGNOSIS COMMON. By Telosfraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 28. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 27. Professor Ris.t. of Paris, speaking at the British Medical Association Conference at Glasgow, said that when lie was consultant to the French Army 382 men were sent to him allegedly suffering from lung tuberculosis. As a natter of fact, only thirty-seven had the disease. Twenty-two could not be diagnosed, and 238 certainly had not tubercula. The discrepancies illustrated by these figures were universal. Many non-consumptives were committed to grave expense by improper treatment. If a doctor could not find the bacilli he should search for another disease to account for the symptoms. Wrong diagnosis was a feature of medical work all over.the world.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16797, 28 July 1922, Page 7
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