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AT a meeting of the Section of Medicine of the Eoyal Society of Medicine on May 27, Dr. Philip Ellman read a paper on “Mass Radiography of the Chest in the Early Detection of Intrathoracic Disease, with Special Reference to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Recruits”, in which he maintained that this method offers an invaluable contribution to preventive medicine. He recorded some results which he had obtained by (1) full–sized radiograms, (2) fluoroscopy and (3) miniature screen photography, the last being the most practical means of carrying out mass X–ray examination of the chest. As the result of his experience of this method with control experiments with full–sized radiograms, he suggested that for correct interpretation miniature screen photography demands a technically satisfactory film, which involves the closer co–operation of technician, radiologist and chest physician. The method offers an invaluable contribution to the detection of pre–clinical asymptomatic pulmonary lesions in a presumably healthy population. It can therefore add much to the prevention and control of pulmonary tuberculosis—in war by the examination of recruits, and in peace by the examination of selected groups of the population, for example, where pulmonary tuberculosis is known to be frequent and in certain trades where the pneumokonioses are known to be common. In dealing with the application of the method to cardiology in the detection of cardiovascular lesions, Dr. Ellman urged that serial examinations should be made, and that its general adoption in routine health examinations will be of great value.
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Radiography of the Chest in Recruits. Nature 148, 49 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148049a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148049a0