Abstract
In an editorial article under the above title, a valued contemporary1 makes an assertion which theJournalhas been unable to verify, and yet which involves a question of such practical importance, both to health authorities and to the public, that it demands verification if correct, or withdrawal, if the reverse, because of the mischief that might result if accepted as a basis of action by those charged with the protection of the public health. The text of the editorial is a circular on tuberculosis for the guidance of the laity, issued by the Health Commissioner of Brooklyn and in which, according to our contemporary, "conditions seem to have been taken for granted which are not by any means incontrovertible facts; on the contrary, to some extent, they can be proved to be incorrect; and unless the ground upon which such provisions are based is indisputable and capable of being
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