. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. al condition, yet theydid not act upon the general condition. He believed something should beused which would act upon the general condition, and felt that we had sucha remedy in Cuguilleres vegetable serum. Dr. Bradford, in closing, agreed with Dr. Caravia that the treatmentof the general condition was most important, but he believed fresh air wasthe most important measure in this direction. Dr. Beck, in closing, said it was true that we had to treat the generalcondition, but that
. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. al condition, yet theydid not act upon the general condition. He believed something should beused which would act upon the general condition, and felt that we had sucha remedy in Cuguilleres vegetable serum. Dr. Bradford, in closing, agreed with Dr. Caravia that the treatmentof the general condition was most important, but he believed fresh air wasthe most important measure in this direction. Dr. Beck, in closing, said it was true that we had to treat the generalcondition, but that did not prevent us from treating the sinuses. In the ab-sence of any absolute remedy for the general treatment of tuberculosis, weshould treat the local condition as best we could. Dr. Meyer, in closing, said we should individualize in treating tuberculosis—that is, not attempt to have any fixed way of treating every form of surgicaltuberculosis, but treat each condition according to the indications in thatcase. In certain cases where the lungs were also involved, the lung suctionmask should be used OPEN-AIR TREATMENT OF SURGICALTUBERCULOSIS. By De Forest Willard, , Philadelphia. The facts presented in this paper for discussion are intended to encourage,not the trained sanatorium expert, but the family physician, in his fightagainst early tuberculosis of the bones and joints. Such a physician mayhave carefully tested the effect of tliis method in tuberculosis of the lungs,yet it may never have occurred to him that a tuberculous joint requires thesame form of treatment. It is upon the family physician that we must depend for the early recog-nition of these tuberculous conditions, in order that he may at once combatthem or refer the case to a trained specialist. The first few weeks of a tuber-culi^us infection offer the golden opportunity for arrest and abortion of theinvasion, and of cure with good function mobility. It should always beremembered that the onset of j
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