Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
An Ovation for DR., Osler.

when
he arose to speak next. He took up the
subject of education, referred to by DR.
Trudeau. 1t is the greatest of all things in
the fight, he declared and every effort
should be made to further it,
There are two things in education he
continued, One is knowledge, of which
we nave acquired so much in recent years
This is net sufficient In fact we NAV ha We
too much knowledge for our purposes What
we want is TO know how to make orr
knowledge effective; wisdom is the other
part of education and by far the most i'm
portaht. TO quote Tennyson. knowledge
comes but wisdom fingers
Now we must educate the public the
PROFESSION, our medical students and last
put not least, the patients themselves
II Is not so hard to awaken the public
~ IS partly awake now and is setting on
the edse Of the bed, though not fully
dressed, II Is true The public must ena ct
good laws. New York CITY laws 4 might
say, for that city has set us fine example
III thls connection, in spite of whatever else
she may have done. Then, too. the people
should take care of early and far-advanced
cases or consumption, either by private
treatment or in santariums. This much
from the public.
I'VE may as well confess II. the profess
sion also is in need of education in regard
TO tuberculosis. We are not all able to de-
tect the presence of the disease in the
early Stages, because this is a very difficult
thing to do. Then again. many physicians
do not practically recognize the efficacy of
the open-air treatment
1T Is most important that medical stu
dents he educated particularly in this dis
ease They should be taught how to rec
ognize 1t in its incipent stages Every
general hospital ought to receive tubercu-
losis cases of different types In order that
the students. nurses and practicing physi-
clans may benefit by study of them.
have no sympathy with the general hos
pital that exclude tuberculosis. They
should all maintain a special consumption
dispensary.
And lastly. let us educate our tuber-
culosis patients. When "a friend says For
heavens sake, don't tell her she has con-
sumption, because she will go to bed and
stay there do not heed it. For heavens
sake. I say. don't keep from the patient
the true statement of the case
DIR. Osler ended his remarks by placing
his hand affectionately on the shoulder of
President Trudeau and amid loud cheering
he paid him a warm tribute for his EN-
thuSiastlc and urageous' work in behalf
OF the truth about the treatment of con-
sumption.
New York City Method.
Dr. Biggs. after deploring the fact that
there exists popular misconception that
such diseases as tuberculosis, scarlet fever
and diphtheria ought not to be treated in
sauitariums near centers of populatio for
fear OF a spreading of the disease in spite
of proper sanitary care spoke in detail of
the New York city method of treating con-
sumption in the sanitariums on North
Brothers Island. He then dwelt at length
on the subject OF reporting and registration
OF cases of consumption, declaring that 1t
has be>ome generally recognized that this
method must be followed in order to prop
erly care for the disease in large commi-
aities. He also paid high tribute to the
work Of DIR. Trudeau
A resolution. offered by DR.. Osler. ex-
tending the thanks OF the association TO
Henry Phipps for his great benefactions
In the study of tuberculosis was unani-
mously carried.
Resolution Offered.
On motion of DIR. Lawrence Flick of Phil
adelphia, the president was instructed to
appoint committee on resolutions, and the
following members We're chosen: DIR. w. II.
WeIch, f. ]. Janeway, Rochester and Lam
dis and Mr.. Z. T. Devine. To this COM
mittee was referred a resolution offered by
DIR. Flick, who would have the association
express qualification over he establish