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THIS little book forms No. cxix. of the “Bibliothèque Utile” series, and is certainly calculated to serve a useful purpose. It addresses the public, and not the medical profession. The nature of tubercular disease is very clearly and accurately set forth in plain language, together with its chief manifestations in man, and the principles underlying its prophylaxis and treatment. It is indisputably true that in the case of a preventable disease like tuberculosis, which constitutes one of the main scourges of civilised man, a dissemination of sound knowledge on the subject is the first necessary step in educating public opinion up to the hygienic requirements and sanitary restrictions which are demanded to check its spread. The present brochure is a creditable effort in this direction: the author has succeeded in placing home truths on the subject in a very clear light, and his remarks cannot fail to be of direct benefit to the public.
La Tuberculose et son Traitement hygiénique.
Par Prosper Merklen, Interne des hôpitaux de Paris. Edited by Felix Alcan. Pp. 190. (Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer, Baillière et Cie.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 57, 535 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057535c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/057535c0