International Congress on Tuberculosis
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The International Congresses on Tuberculosis are a series of international medical conferences on the communicable disease tuberculosis
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from 28 September to 5 October 1908. It was planned, fundraised, and coordinated by the American National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Events at the congress were chronicled in the Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, now in the public domain. Some volumes are available on Google Books:
The American National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis identified this congress as a pivotal event in the founding history of the Association.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
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Sixth
The Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis was a held in Washington, D. C. in the United StatesUnited States
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from 28 September to 5 October 1908. It was planned, fundraised, and coordinated by the American National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Events at the congress were chronicled in the Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, now in the public domain. Some volumes are available on Google Books:
- Volume I, Part I
- Volume I, Part II
- Volume III
- Volume VI, Part I
- Volume VI, Part II
- Public Lectures: Specially Prepared for the Sixth Internat1onal Congress on Tuberculosis
The American National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis identified this congress as a pivotal event in the founding history of the Association.