Chapter I: Front Matter

WORKS TRANSLATED BY

DR. CHARLES BOLDUAN

PUBLISHED BY

JOHN WILEY & SONS.

=Immune Sera: Hæmolysins, Cytotoxins, and Precipitins.= By
Prof. A. WASSERMANN, M.D., University of Berlin. Authorized
Translation by CHARLES BOLDUAN, M.D. 12mo, ix + 76 pages.
Cloth, $1.00.

=The Suppression of Tuberculosis.=

Together with Observations concerning Phthisiogenesis in Man
and Animals, and Suggestions concerning the Hygiene of Cow
Stables and the Production of Milk for Infant-Feeding, with
Special Reference to Tuberculosis. By Professor E. VON BEHRING,
University of Marburg. Authorized Translation by CHARLES
BOLDUAN, M.D. 12mo, vi + 85 pages. Cloth, $1.00.

THE
SUPPRESSION OF TUBERCULOSIS

TOGETHER WITH

OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING PHTHISIOGENESIS
IN MAN AND ANIMALS

AND

SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING THE HYGIENE OF COW
STABLES AND THE PRODUCTION OF MILK FOR
INFANT-FEEDING, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO TUBERCULOSIS

BY

PROFESSOR E. VON BEHRING
_University of Marburg_

_AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION_
BY
CHARLES BOLDUAN, M.D.

_FIRST EDITION_
FIRST THOUSAND

NEW YORK
JOHN WILEY & SONS
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LIMITED
1904

Copyright, 1904,

BY

CHARLES BOLDUAN

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