A paper read before the Hunterian Society at a discussion upon the present methods of treating tuberculosis. Section 5. The surgical aspect / opened by W.K. Treves.

  • Treves, W. Knight (William Knight), 1843-1908.
Date:
1903
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Credit: A paper read before the Hunterian Society at a discussion upon the present methods of treating tuberculosis. Section 5. The surgical aspect / opened by W.K. Treves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    R.S.B.H. Essentials. Time. Average stay about four months, i.e., half an operation per patient, instead of z\ as in London, or an operation per patient every nine months instead of every eighteen days. The Sea-bathing Hospital is unable for want of funds to take in patients free, and its weekly demand of 125. for adults and 85. for children must seriously diminish its usefulness. In fact there is little provision in this country for the poor when suffering from Surgical Tuberculosis. The essentials of treatment for surgical tuberculosis are Time, Rest, Food and Fresh Air. Time.—Certainly among the poor suffi- cient time is not generally given, and the treatment is too rapid and radical. The well-to-do classes give more time, trust more to expectant treatment, and gain a far better result. The fact that a long time, from one to four years is required, for the cure of surgical tuberculosis, is not known by the Public, nor is it always sufficiently appreciated by the Medical Profession. Take for example a case of fairly early tuberculous glands. It is not sufficient to remove those glands and to send the child for a month or two to the seaside, and then the child being apparently well to let it return to its home in London, or perhaps