Vaccination : its natural history and pathology : being the Milroy lectures for 1898 delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London / by S. Monckton Copeman.

  • Copeman, S. Monckton (Sydney Monckton), 1862-
Date:
1899
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Credit: Vaccination : its natural history and pathology : being the Milroy lectures for 1898 delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London / by S. Monckton Copeman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is practically a private concern, although the muni- cipality of the city of Paris contract with the Directors to carry out all such public vaccinations, within their jurisdiction, as may be necessary. This institution, which is now carried on by M. Chambon and Dr. St. Yves Menard, was founded, as already mentioned, by M. Lanoix. Originally situated in the Rue Massillon, it was subsequently transferred to the Rue Ballu, where what was formerly a dwelling-house has been adapted to its present purpose. In Germany all the establishments visited by Sir Richard Thorne and myself, at Berlin, Dresden, and Cologne respectively, are under Government control. Of these, that at Cologne is the most recent of its kind, and its buildings with their fittings are of the most modern description. This Institution, of which Dr. Vanselow is the Director, was erected in 1889 for the production of animal lymph, to meet the needs of the Rhine province and Hohenzollern districts. The build- ing adjoins the central meat market, a matter of con- venience for the obtaining and subsequent disposal of calves. On the ground floor of the building are the collecting room, calf stable, slaughter room, director’s and clerk’s rooms, corridor, and offices, while on the first floor is a bacteriological laboratory, fitted up with all needful apparatus, which is reached from the collect- ing room by an iron spiral staircase. At Brussels, the propagation, storage, and distribu- tion of calf lymph is carried out at the Ecole Veterinaire, under the supervision of Professor Degive,