Title History of tuberculosis in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea / edited by A.J. Proust

Published Canberra, A.C.T. : Brolga Press, [1991] ©1991

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Description xiii, 273 pages : maps, portrait ; 24 cm regular print Contents 1. The tubercule bacillus and the natural history of Tuberculosis -- 2. Tuberculosis in Australia: part 1 -- 3. Tuberculosis in Australia: part 2 -- 4. Tuberculosis among aborigines -- 5. Tuberculosis in New Zealand -- 6. Tuberculosis and Papua New Guinea: the Australian connection -- 7. Mycobateriology in Australia -- 8. Evolution of treatment -- 9. The rise and fall of surgery in pulmonary tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand -- 10. The chemotherapy revolution of the 1950s -- 11. The evolution of the national tuberculosis program -- 12. Migration of consumptives to Australia Summary Includes chapter on tuberculosis among Aborigines. Discusses: the impact since European occupation on the spread of the disease; tuberculosis in the Northern Territory; shows map of communities in the Northern Territory visited by X-ray caravans in 1959; Tuberculosis in Far North Queensland Analysis Australia overseas comparisons Health care History New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tuberculosis Notes Library's copy signed by Author Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-262) and index Subject Tuberculosis -- Australia -- History. Tuberculosis -- New Zealand -- History. Tuberculosis -- Papua New Guinea -- History. Tuberculosis -- History. Tuberculosis -- Treatment -- Australia. Tuberculosis -- Treatment -- New Guinea. Tuberculosis -- Treatment -- New Zealand. Tuberculosis -- Australia. Tuberculosis -- New Guinea -- History. Tuberculosis -- New Zealand. Tuberculosis -- Papua New Guinea. Tuberculosis -- history. Tuberculosis -- therapy. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- history. SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520 Papua New Guinea. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010219 Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520 Papua New Guinea. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010219 Author Proust, A. J. LC no. 91218065 ISBN 1875495029

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