The sun., 1894-04-26
ROMES MEDICAL CONGRESS.
roo mUCH PICNIC zBoUr IT ron DR.
JlCOBL

what with Exeur.,eps, Di.-srs. ssa esrseu
Parties, May or n. 5000 Dsstors were
TsHptsd 10 Cut the Learned As-s-biies-
ACo.rusio- OF To-sues thst Nsy ne Ez-
esIIed vvhe- ahs Congress Meets :. Russ,s
DR.. Abraham Jacob. who was Chairman Of
the United States delegation to the Interns-
tlonal Medical Congress at Rome. arrived on
the steamer Tsutonic yesterday. When seen
at his residence. ITO West Thirty-fourth street.
in the evening the Doctor talked freely about
the Congress. but would not say much about
the good times the delegates had enjoyed.
The trouble was" he said. that there
were too many people there. The doctors Of
medicine. who came from all parts OF the
world. some as delegates and some as visitors
numbered 5000. and you can't possibly trans
act business with so many men.
- 1t takes a General to marshal such force.
and Napoleons and Grants are scarce. When
5000 men get together In a city like Rome.
1000 OF them are sure 10 devote themselves to
pleasure. and that. OF course. upsets to GER
tent the working power OF the rest.
Every afternoon the Congress met - .
whole and listened tn two papers. During its
flve meetings ten papers were read. one each
By an Italian. an Englishman. an Austrian. .
German, q Roumanian. Norwegian. Hol-
lander, O Swiss. q Russian. and an American.
In the mornings twenty-one section meetings
we're held. each devoted to the consideration
OF special subject A physician who was in-
terested In . particular branch Of medicine
attended the meetings OF some one section.
At these meetings the work was done. The
afternoon assemblies were more In the nature
OF q State affair.
Formerly only three languages were recoG-
nized In International congresses OF this kind.
English. French. and German. As It happened
this time that the Congress was held In
Italy. the Central Committee decided TO intro
duce italian as the fourth Congress language.
This. OF course. complicated matters consider
ably. Very few men spenk four languages and
when you consider that four-ffths OF the pro-
ceedings were carried on in italian you will
have an idea of the state OF affairs that existed
at this Congress.
"A large majority OF the papers read we're In
the italian language. and as there are very
few foreigners who can understand that Lam
Euage whom IL Is spoken rapidly. and as most
OF the speakers were in d hurry. 80 that
they might finish before their time limi
was called. II happened that the greater part
OF the proceedings were unintellgible to the
visitors. The next Congress will be In Russia.
but l hope the Central Committee will not
adopt the Russian as the flIth Congress Lam
In the meetings OF the sections $500 pa
safely say that very few people unde erstood
physisians who attended these meetings went
| there. | believe. more as a matter OF duty than
with the expectation OF gaining enliehten-
Did you attend nd any Of the fes,tivites. 2,
words were not half as interesting as tho sx-
preston which came into his face. and then
'"The. trouble. is." he went on. that these
festivities at international congresses usually
sGss'Hs s1s imper9sneo GGS' Tha. e What eSPsd
would hspD9pS m. in Rome ,sn.s and i, ann ann
Psee. and WRile the congress was there isstiV.
the principal object II was cooiiy announced.
weeks before the Congress; that ON such
this piscs iiiu@Sation iS IN that place. Just as
the sS Ss
arm @arIapGsd @ TRIP that "a = was to las. three
w On the last day thsss wers great festivities
at the ruins ruins 9t the & Caraeails s., baths. ! dro,o
the the COLISEUM ti fssW thoasands Of carriages @
gathered around. and / was sure that
FSms Il wen. sny iR. bns
squeezed fiat as wafer, before / could
sS e Ashn fears Ss next wstc daS nSt tSa
there wa, sons good. natured disorder amons
the SPs that The bee that
Queen gave y homo. Of the Congress. there
! festivities. That. however. was because o
limited number OF ipyitati9ns hSd had been been
her was 1000, but. I Was alter
wGri informed that It was 1000. The
I'ulrinsl and afterward had refresh ments I
d.. not take any refreshments. however for IL
want to spoil my stomach l do not need to
go TO the Quirinnl for It. l walked about with
Nirchow. chatting upon various subjects:
"One night there was great illumination OF
the Capitol There was an immense crowd,
but did not go. / thought they could crowd
Just as well without me. Everybody was per-
fectly good -natured about It, but such large
numbers cannot easily he m anaged. II you have
m edical congress. let II be a medical con-
gress. II 1t IL a picnic. let II be picnic. II
out of 900 men. howeyer; 900 want m edi-
pretty sure to carry the daY"