Main description:

Originally published in 1917, as part of the Cambridge Public Health Series, this book was written to provide a guide for those 'interested in the stamping out of tuberculosis'. The text approaches the disease from an outlook based around experimental pathology, avoiding the clinical perspective already well represented in previous works by other researchers. Numerous illustrative figures and an appendices section are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in public health, the history of medicine and the historical understanding of tuberculosis.

Contents:

1. The tribute exacted by tuberculosis; 2. The decline of tuberculosis; 3. The extent to which each sex has shared in the decline of tuberculosis; 4. The etiology of tuberculosis; 5. The etiology of tuberculosis (continued); 6. The etiology of tuberculosis (continued); 7. The etiology of tuberculosis (continued); 8. Portals of entry of tubercle bacilli. Pre-natal infection; 9. Portals of entry (continued). Post-natal infection; 10. The relation between animal and human tuberculosis; 11. The relation between animal and human tuberculosis (continued); 12. The means of distinguishing the three types of tubercle bacilli one from another; 13. The means of distinguishing the three types of tubercle bacilli one from another (continued); 14. The stability of type of tubercle bacilli in artificial culture; 15. The stability of type of tubercle bacilli in the animal body; 16. The stability of type of tubercle bacilli in the animal body (continued); 17. The stability of type of tubercle bacilli in the animal body (continued); 18. The susceptibility to tuberculosis of various animal species; 19. The susceptibility to tuberculosis of various animal species (continued); 20. The susceptibility to tuberculosis of various animal species (continued); 21. The susceptibility to tuberculosis of various animal species (continued); 22. The susceptibility to tuberculosis of various animal species (continued); 23. The susceptibility to tuberculosis of various animal species (continued); 24. Tuberculosis in man: the types of tubercle bacilli which cause it; 25. Tuberculosis in man: the types of tubercle bacilli which cause it (continued); 26. The part played by bovine infection in human tuberculosis; Appendix; Index of subjects; Index of authors.