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mend measures of prevention. This Congress is further of the opin- 

 ion that such a committee shouhl consist of represeotatives to be 

 elected by the great national societies formed for the suppression of 

 tuberculosis and also representatives nominated by various Govern- 

 ments. It is further of the opinion that all international committees 

 and great national societies whose object is the prevention of tuber- 

 culosis should be asked to co-operate. 



9. That, in the opinion of this Congress, overcrowding, defective 

 ventilation, damp, and generally unsanitary conditions iu the houses 

 of the working classes diminish the chance of curing consumption 

 and aid in j)redisposing to and spreading the disease. 



10. That while recognizing the great importance of sanatoria in 

 combating tulxM'culosis in every country, the attention of Govern- 

 ments should be directed towards informing charitable and philan- 

 thropic individuals and societies of the necessity for anti-tubercu- 

 lous dispensaries as the best meaos of checking tuberculous disease 

 amongst the industrial and indigent classes. 



11. That the following question be submitted to the consideration 

 of the next Congress: — The constitutional conditions of the in- 

 dividual which predispose to tuberculosis and the means whereby 

 they can be modified. 



The resolutions adopted by the Congress at its final session, and 

 which have been given above, indicate well the tendency of the dis- 

 cussions as well as their results, and the balance of scientific opin- 

 ion. It will be observed, that with the exception of Prof. Koch's 

 views regarding the absence of danger to man from bovine tubercu- 

 losis, nothing particularly new was brought forward, and there was 

 practical unanimity of opinion concerning all points of public inter- 

 est. 



