New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS.
Plan COMBINED ATTACK.
Drs. TrUdeau and Osler Urge Need
of Education.


part under the designation OF the first annual
meeting OF the National Association for the
STUDY and Prevention OF tuberculosis. Dr. Ed
ward l. Trudeau, DR. William Osier ard Dr.
Hermann VI. Riggs are the president and vice
presidents respectively OF the association. and
they addressed the general meeting this morn
ing.
The afternoon session was conducted in two
sections, the sociological and clinical and the
e"ma'o'ogicaL in the first the work Of To-
I caHtIes was reviewed with illusions 20 the ne
cesSity for participation by the public IN con-
trlnuuons, etc, TO save the lives of those afflicted
win this disease. In Pennsylvania n was
said the average cost OF curing a patient OF
tuberculosis was 500, In New-York the cost
was estimated a. from 81 to IS week. while IN
Maryland $S6 was given as the cost OF cure.
In comparison with this, II was said that the
value OF the life saved. together with the cost
OF attention and medicines in cases where no
| special treatment was secured. amounted to
5000 The investment was said To return =
dividend of not ,, but 5000 per cent in favor OF
organized effort. as represented in modern in
s'ltUuons- The discussion in the sociological
section was based on papers by Homer Folks.
OF New-York, and Edward T Devine. OF Chi
cago.
me second section took up the technical n1edi-
al phase OF the subject Or. Norman Bridge, OF
topics q t. tn
Guided The Relation OF Tuberculosis 70 Tf,a
insurance and Insurance Companies .aThe
OPe" AR treatment OF Surgical tuberculosis
Inc Role OF Climate in the Managar,s-+ -
AuoercuIosis,' and The Influence OF the A5,yan+
u tuberculosis Upon Native Populations" A
- insurance II was said that u per cent OF thu
death benefits paid by one OF the ..b,z ,hra.,.
- i,iS rance companies were due TO tubercuIo-
80 'llal over one-half Of such benefits were paid
- ,'e nISt nve years Of the life OF the policies
ana that Of the S5OOOOOOOO paid in DEAN 49,
fits by eleven OF the large cor,-a,taa
Vo'OoV'oVV Is on account OF this disease. Thu
evening session was devoted to an ad5ras. b,-
1alcott Williams OF Philadelphia, the election
OF directors and general business.
DR. TRUDEAUs ADDRESS
Or. Trudeau spoke with enthusiasm Of thu oh.
u 'iie association and the growing inter-
~ @-.u participation Of the medical profession.
lHe public and the State and national s,,--a.-
Hients In its work He said in mart.
ASSOCIATION the Study aB sdfPg OF the National
gle against this d sesR n s6S history OF the strg
hope ana tbroTesS mas mas come responsibility and
brdffI mas ever been sgantic and bon nm @a'e
the holocaust oF I CsiL 3rs men have accept Ell
canned and the terrible suffering II entsi aS ever
ftIer looked on with Oriental fstaiisr SaG nave
hopelessnesd MI passed by on the other side with
the eIiology OF the disease. '''ee as 10
many years engaged this @ sTo have ta. for , 50
tubercuosis Is a n0t 9een In vain and that at last
reoe' preven{able. and in its earlier stages and
ton b21, the National Association for the STUDY and
It's moving force to-day is the hopefuIness basai
on IaeI{ garnsred in this field by Individual work
gained knowledge needs but to be applied in 5rGs
70 insure success and It has long been evident
car ha
TEN S5e yS aga IN meeting SO VAST Probleone which
power or ran-na1nely the reduction Of the death
OF America To accomplish this the National Asso-
cation should be something more than medical
watchwords should be ''organization' and coop
Grafton, an organization SO perfect and co-oPera-
ton 50 broad that, through education, 1t will bind
fogS'h t Tor fae attaiPnenJ Of common aim tho
The FIRST and greatest need is education-educa-
of the State. 1t is evident that if every man and
woman in the United States were familiar with tho
berculosis is communicated and the simple measures
necessary for protection. not only might we rea-
sonabv expect as a direct result OF this knowledge
a great diminuton in the death rate OF the dis
ease, but the people would soon demand and easily
obtain effective legislation for its prevention and
Education should begin BY teaching in the public
schools the main facts relating % the transmission
value OF hygienio measures OF prevention. and
~saG as me- b as Rse W 1 wo1id tend 10
produce in inasinatiye young minds sxasgerated
ton; education of the masses by distribution O.
suitable literature by lectures TO trades unions
and various organized bodies by free museums.
tuberculosis exhibitions, and through the medium
cation. by teaching Just where the danger lies ana
the simple measures necessary 70 avoid IT, VIII
norant terror Of injection which often works such
hardship and injustice 70 the consumptlyei -,-
that We must look for Tie s9iquon OF many sS III fop
nerT The study Of different sources OF infeetioni
oil ' and how brousht about Of the different species
OF the tuberole bacillus and or re,ateI oaeLeTia;
chemistry OF their toxins and. above all the mech
IIl cin artidciaI immunity 70 the germ or 10 its
toxins; the mechanism OF such an ar'illg..ly . n
the utmost lhoeSs - a. - ,,,,eb needed light
peoRie WI An IN n mis- be so the National Asso~
its DEAN 49, 3I5..5 = -rear responsibitv one which
it. nevertheIess, seems well fitted TO assume
DIR. osLER SAYS NETWORK LEADS
In enfta of its frivolity in spite OF It's size, IN
to ~ irs other things which I hesitate 10
af1ude 10 New-York has set the pace in legis-
Istion institutions and treatment or tubercu-
lOsis.
DR. Osler made this statement to-day in his
address following that Of DR. Trudeau- He led
mn 10 his remarks about the position New-York
has taken in the treatment Of tuberculosis by
saving that education of the medical prOfes-
sion. Of the public and Of the afflicted was the
advance step 10 be taken at this time in the war
AGAINST consumption Education he said pre-
scented two aspects-hTst. the getting Of knowi-
edge. which in itself was not difficult. and Of
which there sometimes was too much. and. see
on5 the application OF that knowledge In
common sense way. With this wisdom nrsI
came adequate state legislation and in con-
nection with this he continued, ~ Is nlcs %
say that the New-York state laws come nearer
~ exhibiting this wisdom than any other sec