A special symposium composed of physicians from the Tuiane University and Louisiana State University Schools of Medicine brought out the fact that there are 15 .million cases of active, infectious tuberculosis in jthe world.
The symposium, under the chairmanship of Dr. Morris Schaffer professor and chairman of microbiology at Tuiane, was held in conjunction with World Health Day. Theme of the symposium was "No Truce for Tuberculosis."
DR. SHAFFER said, "It is true that the death rate from tuberculosis has fallen in the United States by about two-thirds in the last 12 years, but we have not been able to eliminate the number of new cases that have tended to level off and reach a median. While there has been this tremendous decline in the death rate, the disease is still a significant problem."
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DR. MORTON ZISKIND of
the department of medicine at Tuiane said that diagnosis is of major importance in the isolation and treatment of active cases of TB.
We're in a very fine position diagnostically today to find TB. Through the use of skin tests, X-ray, surgical procedures and sereological tests the extent of the disease may be determined
THE WORLD HEALTH Organization, sponsor of World Health Day, is presently conducting worldwide campaigns to eliminate diseases such as tuberculosis.
In addition to Dr. Shaffer and Dr. Ziskind, other %physicianis who participated in the symposium included Dr. John Seabu-rj^of the LSU Medical School, Dr. Athol Patterson, Dr. Mark Belsey, Dr. Margaret Smith and Dr. Hans WeilL PHOTO: PARTICIPATING IN A TUBERCULOSIS symposium at the Tuiane University Medical School in conjunction with World Health Day are, from left, DR. MORRIS SHAFFER of the microbiology department at Tuiane, and DR. JOHN SKA-BURY of the department of medicine at Louisiana State University.
