San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-12
CLIMATIC CONGRESS.
OFFICIAL CALL TEL EGRAPHBD
BROADCAST.

Interview With a Prominent Savant
on the Worlds Health-
full Climates
AS one of the auxiliaries of the
Worlds fair there was organized
an international body of physi-
clans, especially interested in the
study of climatology or the science
of climatic conditions as related to
their effects upon disease. The
leading physicians of the world
participated in its organization
and accepted honorary offices and
presented papers on the subjects
germain to its purposes. This was
known as the "World's Congress of
Medico-Olimatology." Since its or
ganiZatiOn the work of perfecting
the details to form a permanent
body for the study and scientific
classification of the climates of the
world has progressed under the
auspices of the active officers of
the congress, who have had in view
for long time the holding of the
first annual convention of the con-
gress some time this winter. These
efforts have eliminated i'm the is
suance of the following order, con-
vening it, from the presidents Of
flee:
WORLDS CONGRESS
OF MEDICo-CLIMAToLoGY,
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 81, '95.
DIR. w. S Rowley, corresponding secre-
tary Worlds. Congress Medico China
tology:
DEAR SIR-The time rapidly APP
proaches when it is expedient that
our organization should convene.
Therefore | request that you is
sue call for the convention, to be
held February Goth, 2lst, and 22d,
at San Antonio, Texas, and that
you perfect all the necessary ar
rangements for the holding of such
convention. Yours truly,
[Signedl JOHN A. ROBINSON,
President.
In obedience to this order DIR.
Rowley has established the head
quarters of the congress at San
Antonio in Menger hotel, whence
invitations are being sent to thou
sands of physicians in addition to
the regular delegates, numbering
about seven hundred, who have
been appointed by the secretaries
of the different state and district
medical societies throughout the
United States.
Then following is the text of the
official circular, which is accom-
panied by personal letter from
the secretary to all appointed dele
gates and others invited to par
ticipate.
The medical press of the country
has been notified and many editors
of the leading magazines will be
present.
A reporter for the LIGHT en-
joyed a call upon DR.. A. f. Mckay,
the editor of the Journal of dag
nosis and Climatology, who just
arrived last evening from Chicago
via Arkansas Pass. The doctor is
one of the corresponding secre.
taries of the congress and has been
visiting the surrounding territory
with the view of collecting data on
which to base report of the re-
sources of our county for the sup
port of invalid citizens emigrating
to this state who have recovered
their health and wish to remain
here. He will present some very
forcible figures and conclusions at
the proper time, which we need
not fear will bear the test of COM
parison with data from any coun-
try or section on the globe.
DIR. Mckay reports most encour-
aging replies from medical men all
over the country and expresses the
belief that the interest in the forth
coming congress will be wide
spread and the results to San An
tonic of inestimable value.
cone thing" said he, "is to be
above all else, and that is
the fact that you have no SANTA
rum ready to receive the benefits
of this work and affording physi-
clans everywhere assurance that
you can accommodate their patients
in the most scientific manner. l
am glad to see the progress your
Business Mems club is making to-
ward the correction of this very
grave omission from your list of
advantages