For the first 10 years after the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, the study of respiratorydiseases was focused on pulmonary tuberculosis which severely threatened people＇s health. Doctors who spec...For the first 10 years after the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, the study of respiratorydiseases was focused on pulmonary tuberculosis which severely threatened people＇s health. Doctors who specialized in tuberculosis also took care of patients with other lung diseases. In 1953, Chinese Journal of Tuberculos＆, the official journal of the China Tuberculosis Association, was inaugurated; and it was renamed Chinese Journal of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in 1978. Just as Wu and others1 stated in 1959 in the review article A summary of the studies of respiratory diseases in China of the past 10 years, published in the Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine （C JIM）, ＂among a variety of respiratory diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis was the most common, accounting for about 80%. According to the publications collected, other common respiratory diseases also included pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculous pleurisy, lung abscess, lung cancer, parasitic infections, silicosis, pneumothorax and fungal infections...展开更多
文摘For the first 10 years after the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, the study of respiratorydiseases was focused on pulmonary tuberculosis which severely threatened people＇s health. Doctors who specialized in tuberculosis also took care of patients with other lung diseases. In 1953, Chinese Journal of Tuberculos＆, the official journal of the China Tuberculosis Association, was inaugurated; and it was renamed Chinese Journal of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in 1978. Just as Wu and others1 stated in 1959 in the review article A summary of the studies of respiratory diseases in China of the past 10 years, published in the Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine （C JIM）, ＂among a variety of respiratory diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis was the most common, accounting for about 80%. According to the publications collected, other common respiratory diseases also included pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculous pleurisy, lung abscess, lung cancer, parasitic infections, silicosis, pneumothorax and fungal infections...
