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Of the cases discharged or deceased, 14 had already had
one course of treatment at the Sanatorium (7 M., 7 F.), and one
man had had two courses.
Complications.
(a) Tuberculous.
Bones and joints; Left shoulder joint 1, Right hip joint ,1,
Sternum 1; Larynx, 3; Cervical Adenitis, 1; Epididymoorchitis,
2; Retino-choroiditis, right eye, 1.
(b) Non-tuberculous.
Bronchitis and Emphysema, 3; Diabetes Mellitus, 2;
Asbestosis, 1; Rheumatic Carditis, 1; Appendicitis, 1;
Bursitis, right elbow, 1; Fibrositis, 1; Cellulitis, right
thigh, 1.
Admissions by ambulance: 35 (18 M., ,17 F.).
From Hospitals: 21 (9 M., 12 F.).
From their homes: 14 (9 M., 5 F,),
Dr. J. Crawford comments on the work of the Sanatorium
as follows:—
Artificial Pneumothorax.
This treatment continues to be employed in suitable cases.
Seventeen inductions were done during the year; three were
unsuccessful owing to large pleural adhesions. Refills were given
at appropriate intervals, and in all three hundred and fourteen
refills were given to twenty-seven cases. Some of these cases
were continued from previous years, and some had been commenced
elsewhere. The figures do not include refills given after
discharge; these are performed at the Chest Clinic.
The X-Ray apparatus, which was installed in August, has
been of great service in the treatment of these cases ; screening
of the chest is done at frequent intervals in order to control the
progress of the collapse.
Gold Salts.
Ten courses of treatment, commenced in 1935, were completed
during the year.