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War Surgery and Medicine

Associated Disabilities Present in the Pensions Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Associated Disabilities Present in the Pensions Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis elsewhere in the body:

(a)

Genito-urinary tuberculosis: 25 cases; with nephrectomy (7) and orchidectomy (4).

(b)

Tuberculosis of bones: Spine, 14 cases; sternum, 4 cases; ribs, 1 case; humerus, 1 case.

(c)

Joints: Elbow (5), wrist (1), sacro-iliac (3), hip (1), knee (2), and ankle (3).

(d)

Tuberculous synovitis: 4 cases.

(e)

Tuberculous glands: Cervical (8) and abdominal (5).

(f)

Tuberculosis of bowel (1) and Peritoneum (1).

(g)

Fistula in ano: 10 cases.

(h)

Tuberculous periphlebitis of eyes (2).

(i)

Tuberculous meningitis (2).

(j)

Erythema nodosum (3).

Other conditions associated with this series of pulmonary tuberculosis are: Diabetes mellitus (6), diabetes insipidus (1), gunshot wound involving the lung (3), dyspepsia (10), duodenal ulcer (22), gastric ulcer (3), anxiety neurosis (25).

Table I: Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Army, Overseas Only
Year of Onset of Year Entered Service Annual
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Totals
1939
1940 8 8
1941 7 31 5 43
1942 5 25 7 37
1943 24 51 14 7 96
1944 22 67 21 15 2 127
1945 29 111 44 13 9 2 208
1946 7 47 27 25 4 3 113
1947 6 20 9 4 0 0 39
1948 4 17 6 6 1 0 34
1949 0 14 7 1 0 1 1 24
—— —— —— —— —— —— —— ——
Total of cases according to enlistment years 112 383 140 71 16 6 1 729
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Table II: Prisoners of War who Developed Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Numbers of cases are shown according to year of enlistment and year of onset of disease.)
Year of Onset Year of Enlistment Annual
of Disease 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Totals
1939
1940
1941 1 3 4
1942 3 7 10
1943 0 7 1 8
1944 6 14 2 1 23
1945 22 42 6 70
1946 3 9 0 12
1947 3 11 0 14
1948 2 3 1 6
1949 1 6 1 8
—— —— —— —— —— ——
Total according to year of enlistment 41 102 11 0 1 155*