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Group 3.—Cases with profound systematic disturbance or
constitutional deterioration; with marked impairment of function
either local or general, and with little or no prospect of recovery
Son-Ptihnouary Cases.—These cases were classified accordir g
to the site of the lesion as follows:—
(1) Tuberculosis of bones and joints.
(2) Abdominal tuberculosis (i.e., tuberculosis of peritoneum,
intestines or mesenteric glands).
(3) Tuberculosis of other organs.
(4) Tuberculosis of peripheral glands.
In addition, each case was classified as to whether
disease was "arrested" or "not arrested," an "arrested" case
being one whose condition had been "quiescent" for a period
of two years. It is of interest to here note that no "arrested"
case should be discharged as "cured" until the arrest of the
disease had been maintained for a period of three years after
the period of two years "quiescence," and that in non-pulmonary
cases the term "arrested" may be used as soon as there is
rtaspn to believe that the disease is unlikely to recur.