The Collapse Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Origin, Diagnosis, and Management of Early Bronchogenic Tuberculosis

“…The presence or absence of tubercle bacilli in association with the early lesion will clearly affect the management of the patient. Myers and Levine (1935), and John Alexander (1937 others is to be prevented.) Death took place from the time of a normal radiograph in 1 case within a month, and in 2 within fourteen months.…”

Thoracoplasty: A 15 Year Single Centre Experience

“…If the lung cannot be brought to the chest wall [which is the objective of tube thoracostomy, rib resection and decortication), the chest wall must be brought to the lung (or the mediastinum if no lung exists) 1,7 . In 1985, Hopkins and Co-workers 6 reviewed their experience with thoracoplasty and included in their indications for the procedure attempts to close persistent pleural spaces with and without infection and bronchial fistulae, both post-resection and in association with post pneumonic pleural suppuration.…”

Dissociated Paralysis of the Diaphragm following Phrenic Crush and Pneumoperitoneum

“…It would appear likely that some of these cases were examples of latent dissociated paralysis, and that this occurrence is more frequent than has been realized in the past. In this respect, it is interesting to consider a case reported by John Alexander (1937). The patient had had a phrenic avulsion resulting in a complete diaphragmatic paralysis lasting for several years.…”