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Bulletin No. 41 - Tuberculosis, F. W. Brewer

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One of the most dreaded diseases which afflict the human race is "Tuberculosis." It is also the most fatal, as estimates based on reliable statistics show that at least one out of every eight of mankind die from the disease. It ha~ been a scourge throughout historical time and has been known under the various names of Phthisis, Consumption, Wasting Disease, Tuberculosis, etc. The researches of Professor Koch of Germany in 1881 and since that date have proved that not only Tuberculosis has been produced by the germs of which he was the discoverer, but that Scrofula, Tabes, Hydrocephalus, etc., …