Excerpt from Tuberculosis: As a Disease of the Masses and How to Combat It
At the meeting of the "International Congress for the Study of the Best Way to Combat Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses" which convened at Berlin, May 24-27, 1899, the sum of 4,000 marks was donated by two Berlin merchants, lay members of the Congress, as a prize to be offered for the best essay on the subject "Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses and How to Combat It" ("Die Tuberkulose als Volkskrankheit und deren Bekampfung").
The Congress decided on the following regulations concerning this prize:
1. The best popular essay on the subject "Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses and How to Combat It," comprising not more than eighty, and not less than forty-eight, printed pages, shall receive the prize of 4,000 marks. In case the jury of the prize committee should decide that two essays deserve the prize, the best may receive 3,000 marks, and the second best 1,000 marks. Or, should the decision of the judges find two essays of equal value, each shall receive 2,000 marks.
2. The following gentlemen have consented to act as judges: Geheimrath Prof. Dr. B. Frankel; Geheimrath Prof. Dr. Gerhardt; Kapitan z. S. Harms; Wirkl. Geh. Ober Reg. - Rath Prasident Kohler; Generalarzt Proof. Dr. von Leuthold, Excellenz; Geheimrath Prof. Dr. von Leyden; Freiherr Dr. Lucius von Ballhausen, Excellenz; Geheimrath Dr. Naumann; Oberstabsarzt Dr. Pannwitz; Dr. Graf von Posadowsky - Wehner, Excellenz; Se. Durchlaucht der Herzog von Ratibor.
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