The Pneumothorax was a method of treatment used on tuberculosis patients.
From the New York State Journal of Medicine, March 1988
By the 1930s, the use of artificial pneumothorax became an accepted method of Treatment and certain adjuncts were introduced to supplement collapse therapy: intrapleural pneumocystis of adhesions, artificial pneumoperitoneum and/or phrenic nerve resection to elevate and/or paralyze the diaphragm. Each time before "refills," fluoroscopy was repeated to determine the degree of lung collapse, subjecting