title: [Historical report on the situation of the "fight against tuberculosis" in the town of Halle, Germany, 1899 (author's transl)].
abstract: In 1896 the so-called "Department X" of the "Association for Public Welfare" was founded and turned to be the first organisation of the "fight against consumption" in the town of Halle. Under the guidance of PUTTER and REINEBOTH a first dispensary for tuberculous patients was established and became the prototype of similar institutions in Germany and other countries.
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D014378:Tuberculosis Societies / Q000266:history*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Zur Vorgeschichte und Gründung des "Zweigvereins zur Bekämpfung der Schwindsucht " in der Stadt Halle am 15. Juni 1899