The Open Case in Relation to the Control of Tuberculosis
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The modern concept of the spread of tuberculosis from an open case to a susceptible person dates back to pre-Koch times. Hippocrates, Sylvius and others recognized the infectious nature of tuberculosis long before Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus, but their understanding of the nature of infection was at best vague. Koch's discovery gave point to the infectious nature of the disease. In his second publication dealing with the tubercle bacillus, issued in 1884, Professor Koch made a prophetic statement that it would take
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