The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-06
National tuberculosis. Engineers
and Fraternal Congresses to
Wage War Against Disease.
CALL PROCEDURE ARBITRARY.
Two Physicians Arouse Delega tes
by Criticising Officers. Who
Are Dubbed "the MikadO
and His Court"

To-day has been the greatest day In
medical lore IN the history Of the world. -
enthusiastically declared Clark Bell, the
retiring chairman Of the Executive Com
nittee Of the National Congress OF Tuber-
| ct'lcsis. at the closing session OF that or
| sarization vest erday afternoon. at has
enlisted th. services end the cooperation
| Of the international Engineering Con-
| Sress. comprising the greatest au;horite.
On sanitation OF both continents. and of
the National FraternaI Congress number
ing five and one-half millions of people.
These forces are allied against the
germ Of consumption. TLey will begin
actively 10 interest the legislatures OF the
various States and foreign Governments In
The enaction of laws designed to prevent
the spread Of The disease which to-day Is
killing one-seventh Of the worlds popula-
ton.
THE medical fraternity the world wide
will receive the news Of this alliance with
satisfaction. No such organization 10 COM
bat the spread OF a disease from which
here are 100000 persons suffering In the
United states. ever mas been competed
before. and It Is the only successful wa
to meet the deadly foe.
thereafter these two great organizations
will send their delegates 10 the National
Congress on tuberculosis ana take part
n its deliberations. With the wealth. in
huence and Intelligence of tnis great TIL
umvirate. the deaIh rate In this country.
which il indeed terrifying. should
be lessened, beginning with this year"
OBJECT TO PROCEDURE.
The closing days session of the great
congress 10 which Secretary OF state John
Hays invitation to foreign Powers had
brought specialists from all parts Jf the
world. was featured by many important
enactments. After the formal adnittance
OF the Congress OF ETaternifies ana the
Congress OF Engineers. ard the exchange
Of greeting by representatives OF both on
the floor OF the tuberculosis congress. the
followed
AT this period Of The proceedings twc of
the physicians objected 20 the manner III
which the congress MAS being conducted.
Doctor James c: Ross OF Colorado Springs
Colo. declared that lie had been astad to
read paper. entitled Can the Germ The
ory OF tuberculosis he SJstainedy He
stated that the .'Mikaio and His Court"
Toronto. Ontario. and the other officers
Of the congress. had conducted the sos
Sions of the congress In a high-h2uied
manner. and that there was general dis
satisfaction on the Dart Of many ~ the
representative physicians present
Doctor W. ID. Neel of Chicago took the
same stand and both physicians made
some very pointed remarks.
"Mikado and his court, comprising the
Poo Bah and the Lord High Executuner
which. being interpreted. means Chairman
Barrick. Clark Bell and the newly elected
President, L. Il. Daniel of Austin. Tex,
have not given the opposing side of the
question as to whether or not consumption
is a communicable disease. the recogni-
tion their papers are entitled to-" said
Doctor Neel. during the conference yes
terday afternoon.
They have taken the matter for granted
AS matter of fact, the large Increase
in Soa,suInption is largely due to the
modern methods of civiliZa tion. The
consensus of opinion among the most
learned physicians of the day is that there
must be a suitable soil for the engrafiing
of the germs before their propa ga ton
1t is u question az to whether or not the
celebrated Doctor Koch has isolated and
identified the real germ OF consumption
SAYS METHODS ARE CZARLIKEi
We wanted to be heard on that ques-
tion. but Mikado and his court 90 occu-
pied the time az to allow no discussion
or reading of papers for the reason that
these papers would question the signifi-
canoe of tubercrilar bacillus All papers.
for this reason. were eliminated and sub
mitted to censorship board who will
carefully eliminate anything which is
contrary TO the wishes of the Czarlike