ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER, NEW YORK
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
The suppression of tuberculosis is of universal interest. A disease which is so wide-spread and which attacks the human race from so many points can be successfully combated only by the cooperation of many different agencies. It is therefore of great importance that the origin of tuberculosis be well understood not only by physicians, but by many outside the medical profession, such as dairy- and cattle-men, officers of health boards, sanitary engineers, etc. In order to present to the English reader in a concise and authentic form von Behring’s views on the origin and suppression of tuberculosis, the translator has made selections of von Behring’s articles from several different sources.
The principal article is translated from a lecture delivered in Cassel, September 25, 1903. In reply to certain criticisms of a statement in this lecture, von Behring published an explanation in the Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, No. 6, 1904. This is reproduced, in part, in the Appendix. The two articles, “Observations on Phthisiogenesis” and “Suggestions concerning the Hygiene of Cow Stables” are taken from Beiträge zur experimentellen Therapie, No. 8, 1904.
Each article, with the exception of the one just mentioned, is reproduced in full and without changes. In a subject of such controversial nature it is essential to reproduce faithfully the exact meaning of the original, and this has been done even though at times it may have led to awkwardness of expression. In a few cases where an exact equivalent for the German could not be found the translator has used the nearest English equivalent, followed by the German word in brackets.
Charles Bolduan.
Brooklyn, July, 1904.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| The Suppression of Tuberculosis (the Cassel Lecture) | [1] |
| Observations concerning Phthisiogenesis in Man and Animals | [45] |
| Suggestions concerning the Hygiene of Cow-Stables and the Production of Milk for Infant-Feeding | [60] |
| Synopsis of the Method of Making Protective Inoculations of Cattle in Agricultural Practice | [69] |
| Conditions concerning the Distribution of the Protective Virus | [75] |
| Appendix | [81] |