Industrial medicine and surgery . nerally run down condition. No definite diagnosis could be made,but nevertheless vacations were secured for them, and they wereplaced on a general building up regime, many going to the countryto rest and recuperate. Unquestionably a number of such employeeswould have developed an active tuberculosis if they had not beendetected at this stage and these precautions taken. THE TUBERCULOUS EMPLOYEE 449 From the very beginning of this work this concern providedfree treatment for 4 tuberculous employees. While their occupationswere not responsible for the condition,


Industrial medicine and surgery . nerally run down condition. No definite diagnosis could be made,but nevertheless vacations were secured for them, and they wereplaced on a general building up regime, many going to the countryto rest and recuperate. Unquestionably a number of such employeeswould have developed an active tuberculosis if they had not beendetected at this stage and these precautions taken. THE TUBERCULOUS EMPLOYEE 449 From the very beginning of this work this concern providedfree treatment for 4 tuberculous employees. While their occupationswere not responsible for the condition, except in a very few instances,yet the fact that these people were forced to quit work for theprotection of the rest of the employees, caused the management to feela certain moral responsibility for their care. The first two yearsthis free treatment was given only to those employees who had workedfor the concern more than one year, but since then every case wasoffered the free treatment. Except in a- few of the early stage cases. Fig. 60.—A tuberculous employee under treatment at home. her bi-weekly call. The visiting nurse on with unusually good home surroundings, or where the employeewas from the country and it seemed advisable for him to returnthere, sanatorium treatment was advised for all. Many at first refusedto go to a sanatorium, but each succeeding year made it easier topersuade the tuberculous employee to accept this form of those who refused to go arrangements were made for proper treat-ment at home, either directly under the care of the medical staff orunder their family physician. The visiting nurse was of the greatesthelp in supervising this treatment in either plan. (See Fig. 60.) Often the home conditions were totally unfit for the proper treat-ment of the case; or were not suitable for the patient to return to 29 450 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY after completing the sanatorium care. The doctor reported theseconditions to the management and i


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