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THE death is announced of Dr. Hermann Biggs, -L Commissioner of Health, New York State, at the age of sixty-three. After graduating at Bellevue Medical College, Dr. Biggs studied in Berlin and Greifswald, and returning to the United States in 1895, directed the production of the first diphtheria antitoxin inrthat country. In 1900 he became general medical officer of the New York City health department, and there established the first municipal bacteriological laboratory. This post he held until 1914, when he was appointed Commissioner of Health to New York State. Under his administration the health of New York City and State changed markedly for the better. He organised a campaign against tuberculosis, and was responsible for a body of wise health legislation. He was a scientific director of the Rockefeller Institute, and, for a short time, medical director of the League of Red Cross Societies. He gave to his country and to the world distinguished services, and preventive medicine loses by his death an ardent disciple.
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H., R. [Obituaries]. Nature 112, 288 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112288a0
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