Tuberculosis as a disease of the masses, and how to combat it : prize essay / by S. A.. Knopf.

  • Knopf, S. Adolphus (Sigard Adolphus), 1857-1940.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Tuberculosis as a disease of the masses, and how to combat it : prize essay / by S. A.. Knopf. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    In presenting to the English-speaking world, and particularly to the people of the United States, a translation of the essay, originally written in German, the author desires to state that, while having endeavored to make as exact a translation as possi- ble, he found it necessary to change several passages, making some additions and omissions. His reasons for having done so will be obvious to aU who have studied pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption, not only in its medical, but also in its sociological aspects, and who will bear in mind the fact that the habits of na- tions differ, and that in a popular essay it is absolutely necessary to take these differences into account. Thus it was even necessary, before the original German essay could appear in print, that the author should consent to make certain changes bearing on the particular local conditions and situation of the consumptive poor in Germany. These changes were suggested in detail by the judges who awarded the prize. With a generosity which cannot be lauded too highly, these gentlemen did not expect to find in tlie essays, submitted to them for competition from all over the world, a complete knowledge of the sanitary laws and regulations which are now in vogue in the German empire, nor did they expect the essayists to be familiar with local conditions to the extent of knowing all that would or would not be practicable in the carry- ing out of suggestions to prevent the spread or the development of tuberculous diseases. The social conditions in Germany differ very much from those in the United States, and the author felt it his duty to speak in this American edition of all the important points bearing directly on the question of tuberculosis as a social disease ” m America. The evils of alcoholism, of the overcrowding of tenement houses