Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-26
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Arranging for Convention Of
Public Health Association.
EMINENT q PHYSICIANS
MEETING. or TIE LABORATORY
SECTION THIS MORNING.
Papers and Reports Presentsd-Dr.
Wiley Tells Of His Experiments
With Food preservatives.


The initial meeting Of eminent physicians
and specialists In medicine who are men,
bers of the American Public Health Assoc
| citation was held this morning in lecture
hall No. OF tbs Columbian University
Medical School, when the members of the
laboratory section met to hear papers Of
special interest to bacteriologists and
chemists. Between 900 and 400 medical
men will be in the city during the next six
| days. attending the meeting Of the Public
Health Association and visiting the points
of interest about Washington.
The association carries the names OF more
than SOO prominent men OF medicine on It's
rolls, and 1t Is estimated that at least half
the membership will attend the meeting
In this city. which will be formally opened
tomorrow morning at the New Willard
Hotel. Many of the members are already
here. and many more have engaged rooms
at the various hotels.
Program of the Convention.
A meeting of the executive committee OF
the association was held behind closed
doors this morning at the New Willard to
complete the arrangements for the meet
ing tomorrow. 1t is announced that the
SNoSoINO SOiAimttcc Will Liect 1ioiu Ody "
day, before the regular daily sessions, to
map out the work that is to be done at the
meetings which follow.
Programs will be printed daily and dis
tributed among the members OF the asso-
citation, instead of making I'D progra m
for the entire meeting and distributing 1t
among the members on the first day. The
daily program will relieve the managers
Of the meeting Of all obligations. and they
will be able to delay the makeup of their
official order of exercises until the very
last moment. so there will be no excuse
for any one whose name is on the program
disappointing the audience.
The aSSOcia ton will meet tomorrow morn
ing at 10 OF clock at the New Willard. The
opening address will be made by Gen.
George Sternberg, former surgeon. general.
L. s. A, who is chairman of the committee
on entertainment. and who will tell the
members Of the association just what 1t Is
proposed to do for them during their week 8
stay In the national capital. DIR. Walter
Wyman. surgeon general of the marine hos
pital service. is the president of the assoc
citation and will preside at all OF the meet,
ings DR.. Wyman will make his annual
address tomorrow evening. and Commis-
sioner Macfarland win deliver an address
of welcome to- the members. The mem
bers will visit the vaccine farm near Col
lege Park. Md. "Wednesday morning ana m
the evening will attend reception ndoa gwen wen
members will be received by PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Thursday" and they Will also
make excursions to- points or interest III
the city, trips having Deen arr Mns'ea and
other places The annual eiect1on OF onl-
GERS will take place THURSDAY eve innis,
Friday will be devoted to business entlreIy'
and It is probable. If the business Is ei'ooo'
an adjournment will be taken:
Meeting Of the Laboratory Section.
The FIRST of the meetings OF the WISHING
physicians was held tbs motnn'e, 49,
-tit ? a the Column
h,an university Medical School. This sec
t,or, I. the only branch of the association
and includes prominent chemists ana DAG
,or,o,opis,s from every part of the eoun-
trv The annual meeting of the SECTION Is
usually held on the day 9ust prior " s .nr
meeting of the association. only one u"s
heing required to complete the business. -
noaat;ny Of the council of the section was
held lust before the section meeting. fIoi.
III. L. Russell OF Madison, WIS, presiu .s' =
A committee to nominate omcers Lor .. ne
report at the afternoon session. Inc QueS,
ton of the election of new members created
considerable discussion. Several haMes
| were proposed for membership, aha. "ne.'
the section was about to elect them 1t was
discovered that the candidates were not
members of the Public Health. Association
A proyis on Of the constitution OF the lapo-
ratory section prohibits the elect,on Oh an
ber. In good standing, of the Public Health
AsSoci alton.
There was some difference of opinion
among the members as to whether or not
| the provision of the constitution cited was
applicable in these cases. all of the candi-
dates being eminent men In their profcs-
| SION The chairman held that the conSti-
tuition did apply, however. and refused to
entertain a motion to elect them to mem
bership.
Professor Russell announced however.
that ne was ready to entertain a motion to
| give the candidates the privilege of the
floor pending their election in the Public
Health Association. This motion was car
red unanimously. DR.. Herbert u. Will
Jams of Buffalo, N. Y, was unanimously
elected member. 80
Scientific Papers Read.
Scientific papers on questions relating to
bacteriology in It's practical application to
the present system of living were read. The
first paper was the report of the committee
on the value of a. bacterial standard for
municipal milk supplies and was read by
Dr. w H. Park chairman of the commit
tee Dr. Park Is the director of the labora-
tory of the department of public health of
New York city. and has had much expert
ence with the milk question. Dr. William
G. Bissell. director of the public health lab
oratory of Buffalo, n. Y. read a paper on
an emergency culture medium In the rou-
tine diagnosis of diphtheria. Prof. T. w.
Salmon, bacteriologist ofTthe New York
State Hospital, read a paper on the release
OF quarantine in diphtheria; in which he
advanced several new ideas, and DIR. H. w.
Hili, director of the laboratory of the pub
lie health department of. Boston, Mass.
read the report of committee on the ac-
ton of formaldeh vdf; ias. a. disinfectant. The
report of thecemuaateee on laboratory tests