TB End Predicted
The battle against tuberculosis is rapidly being won in the United States, and within 10 to 15 years the disease should be virtually “wiped out,” according to the Surgeon General of the United States, Leonard A. Scheele. Dr. Scheele makes this prediction' on the basis of present control techniques now used in the United States.
Among the techniques that have proved valuable in eradicating the former “white plague,” he cites mass screening of unsuspected tubercular cases by Nation-wide free chest X-ray drives, and isolation of tubercular patients from the family and community environment.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 72, 5 December 1949, Page 5
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96TB End Predicted Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 72, 5 December 1949, Page 5
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