The Shattuck Lecture

Author : Frederick Cheever Shattuck
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332233185
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book The Shattuck Lecture written by Frederick Cheever Shattuck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Shattuck Lecture: The Past, Present and Future of Tuberculosis I. As already stated, it is in prophylaxis especially that we have gained by Koch's discovery. A few words must therefore be said on the mode of infection. The seed is the bacillus of tuberculosis; it is virtually omnipresent in civilized and settled communities; it succumbs readily to sunshine. How long it may retain its vitality in houses, fabrics, etc., we do not know, perhaps not as long as is often and by many believed. Theobald Smith tells me he cannot keep a culture alive more than three months even under conditions most favorable to the longevity of the organism. To his published work and ready kindness in imparting his knowledge I may here express my indebted ness. We are all his debtors. The bacilli of human and bovine tuberculosis are separate organisms today even if they may have had long ago a common ancestor. The bo vine form occurs practically only in young children, is rare in them, and the risk of its communication from cattle to man is very small unless the udder is tubercnlar. Under no other condition can a sufficient number of bacilli gain entrance to the milk to prove harmful. The meat is safe as food. It is therefore irrational, unlimited funds not being at our disposal, to kill all cattle, otherwise well, which re act to tuberculin. Much less money intelligently spent in dairy inspection, enforcing cleanliness, detecting and elim inating emaciated and sick cows, will serve all necessary prophylactic purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.