A run \ i TO TIM: ,i I;M \\ i I>ITI<>\ 



Committee for the Krection of Sanatoria." The latter 

 will take uj)on itself the printing of the essay and the 

 least expensive method : di.-trilnitinn. 



.V The deci>ion of the judges i- to K- announce.! through the 

 public press. 



foregoing regulations wen- published in the medical and 

 lay pap.-r-. and as a result eighty-one essays \\< i 1 1\ 



iU-r 1st. The essays were di-tril>nted anion^ the JU 

 \\ith the request to select from them such as were deserving of 

 closer examination. The judges recommended twenty-six for 

 that purpose. 



The fifty-five rejected essays were once more examined l>y the 

 undersigned and his assistants, Drs. Edmund Meyer. Alexander, 

 Finder, (Mans, and Elwert, l>ut these gentlemen could not 

 recommend any of the tifty-five essays for further consideration. 



At the meeting of the jury on February 25, 1900, under the* 

 presidency of his Serene Highness the Duke of Ratibor, it was 

 decided that the twenty->i\ selected essays should be once 

 more carefully examined by Drs. Friinkel, (lerhardt, Harms, 

 Kohler, von Leuthold, von Leyden, Freiherr von Lucius, 

 and Pannwitz, and the result was that three were ultimately 

 selected for closer choice. 



At the next meeting of the judges, on June 15th, it was 

 decided to form a sub-committee com posed of Drs. Frankel, 

 (ierhardt, Harms, Kohler, and Pannwitx to decide upon final 

 action. After careful consideration this committee came to the 

 conclusion that the work hearing the motto, 



"To combat consumption successfully requires the combined action of a 

 wise government, well-trained physicians, and an. intelligent j>e< 



so much surpassed all the others in excellence, thaf it should he 

 awarded the Congress prize. Jt was then found that Dr. S. A. 

 Knopf, of New York, was the author of this work. 



A few changes, as recommended l>y the judges, were accepted 

 by Dr. Knopf, and have been incorporate* 1 in the present work. 



At a subsequent meeting of the German Central Committee 

 it was resolved to publish this essay and arrange for its u 

 distribution. 



ritniK.ssoR B. FRANKEL. 



BERLIN, October 1, 1900. 



