Tuberculosis Congress.
DR. KOCH ADHERES TO HIS THEORY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Berlin, Octobor 27. Tho International Confcronco on Tuberculosis baa opened at Berlin, and the proceedings have aroused great interest. N. Nocard, a French veterinary authority, insisted that bovino tuberculosis was transmitted to man especially by means of milk. He hold it was imperative to inspect cows and destroy infected animals.
Professor Koch adhered to his last year's statement that bovino tuberculosis was not transmissible to man. Ho had onlydiscovered 28 cases suggesting that it was transmissible, and nono wore satisfactorily established. Ho maintained that the only successful way of combating tuberculosis was to provide better dwellings and workshops, so as to avoid oaorcrowding.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 557, 29 October 1902, Page 2
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