The Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis

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Excerpt from The Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis: A Series of International Studies by Many Authors Sir, - In asking you to accept this work on the Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis we do so, not only as a tribute to the pioneer in this field of medicine, but also in the hope that these studies, bearing the impress of your teaching, and contributed by writers of many nations, may advance the movement in this and in other lands. Among the anticipations and foundations of your work the light of Läennee on the pathology of a malady still hopeless was obscured by vague terms. An earlier plea in a "Letter from a Physician in the Highlands" to his friends in London for the healing property of open air lay unheeded, to be revived by George Bodington in a sanatorium, soon closed amid ridicule, as at Belfast in the life and practice of Henry MacCormac, yet to be carried out within living memory among the Mountains of Silesia by Brehmer, and amid the lakes and pines of the Adirondacks by Edward Trudeau. It was the discovery of Koch that defined the basis of all advance. Engaged at the time in research abroad, you realised the vast issue, and returned to Edinburgh to establish and elaborate the method which now bears your name. Of that system this book is an exposition. "Take thou the writing... If any light burn in the imperfect page, ... The Praise is thine." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.