. American quarterly of roentgenology . ary tuberculosis and studyingthe condition of the lungs with the help of the Roentgenograph,we found most of the cases to be uncomplicated tuberculosis;a few were mixed infections of tuberculosis and syphilis, whileeight cases were seen in which the lung changes were due tosyphilis, and which might easily have been mistaken for apulmonary tuberculosis. These eight cases consulted a physician because they werelosing weight, running a slight temperature, some had a littledry cough; all were easily fatigued; and they or members oftheir families suspected be


. American quarterly of roentgenology . ary tuberculosis and studyingthe condition of the lungs with the help of the Roentgenograph,we found most of the cases to be uncomplicated tuberculosis;a few were mixed infections of tuberculosis and syphilis, whileeight cases were seen in which the lung changes were due tosyphilis, and which might easily have been mistaken for apulmonary tuberculosis. These eight cases consulted a physician because they werelosing weight, running a slight temperature, some had a littledry cough; all were easily fatigued; and they or members oftheir families suspected beginning consumption. These cases are reported because they suggest that asyphilitic condition occurs more frequently in the lung thanis usually suspected, and because they may closely resemblethe early stages of pulmonary tuberculosis. In all the casestuberculosis has been eliminated, first, by no reaction to 12 Kochs old tuberculin given hypodermically, and, second, byno signs of tuberculosis demonstrable in the


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