Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-01-24
A LOCAL BRANCH.
WELL ATTENDED MEETING TO
THAT END LAST NIGHT.
Association For Prevention Aud Re
lief of tuberculosis Presents
Noted Physicians at
State House.
MAYOR JOHN dep. D0UW is
AWARDED LINK.


Relief of tuberculosis, the purpose of
which is to organize local branch in
Anne Arundel county. was held last
night in the chamber of the House of
Delegates upon the adjournment of
that body before an audience which
completely filled the big hall and gal
leries
The gathering was an unusually
distinguished ON including Governor
Warfeld. Comptroller Atkinson, State
Treasurer Murray Vandiver, Joseph
Is. Seth, President of the Senate !;
many Senators and members of the
House and a large number of ladies.
Speaker Benson called the meeting to
order and presented the presiding Off
Ger. Mr.. ]. Writ Randall, who present
ed some appalling statistics. sketched
the purpose OF the association, the
great work which it aimed to do. and
the supreme need of more adequate
State assistance.
DR.. William II. Welsh was the first
speaker. He made a vigorous ad-
dress, dwelling strongly upon the
enormous proportion of deaths caused
annually by tuberculosis aud stating
that the disease stood at the very top
of the causes of death. He graphically
described how persons became infected
with the disease. He declared the
infection was almost always contract
ed within doors, where persons are
crowded together in factories, shops
or rooms and that there is little or no
danger of infection from occasional
tterauoes intercourse with diseased
person Rarely was it possible, he
said, to contract the disease out of
doors. In touching upon the treat
ment of the disease Dr. Welsh said
that when in an advanced stage sani-
tariums are not the place to send pa
tients. The way TO prevent this
greatest soourge of mankind" was
by securing a cooperation of all the
forces of society, by obtaining better
sanitary conditions and by teaching
persons to take ordinary, but necessary
precautions. He described in detail
these precautions and emphasized the
fact that there must be general CO.
operation of forces in order TO wage
an intelligent campaign against the
di sease.
DR.. w. S. Thayer spoke highly Of
the State Board of Health and it's
WORK, making the assertion that there
was no better Board of Health in the
country. He devoted his remarks
largely to the treatment of tuberoulo-
sis, declaring that medicines were but
minor part of the treatment. The
important things were, he said, rest,
fresh air, water, massage, care of the
skin and muscles and diet. DIR.
Thayer claimed that one of the great
needs of the present day was local
oonsumptive hospitals, where facili-
| ties for the treatment of the disease
in it's worst stages could be provided.
| He spoke of the handicap under
which the victims of tuberculosis la
bored in this State and of the great
good that could be accomplished by the
establishment of State institution.
Senator J. Charles Linthicum was
next called upon by Mr.. Randall. Mr..
| Linthicum spoke of his interest in
| the subject under discussion and his
| determination to use every effort to
pass his bill providing for a State hos.
| pital for consumptives. He urged
| that Maryland was far behind other
states in this regard. and realizing
| the necessity of such an institution in
| this State, he had incorporated this
| plan of establishing State hospital
| in his platform before the election.
| He now proposed to aid the society IN
securing an appropriation from the
|
cum aslo spoke of the Adowood in
stitution at Towson, pointing out the
fact that according to the method en-
| ployed there tuberculosis is of all di'
seases, the cheapest to provide for,
since the merest shacks are the best
hospitals for its relief.
DR.. John S. Fulton, secretary OF the
State Board of Health, said that the
| present law was good one as far as il
| went, and that the Legislature ha6
done its duty up to date. He saiC
| that so far as preventing the disease
they had done all that could be done
in the way of legislation. The thing
| to do now is to take steps TO further
the cure of the disease.
At the conclusion of DR.. Fulton'l
remarks Mr.. Randall appointed com
mittee to make nominations for officers
of and Anne Arundel county branch
of the association. Those recommend
ed by the committee were as follows
| President, J. dePeyster Douw; vice
presidents, Hon. J. Writ Randall.
| Thomas Fell. LII. D., DR.. George
| Wells, DIR. Z. @. Walton, DR.. +. II.
| Thompson. James M. Munroe; secre.
tary. DR.. Henkel; treasurer, Franz
| A. Munroe.
COunclI-Mr. i. Il. OheW6ns heN.
/ Thomas p. Holloway, DR.. I. @. Wal
| ton, Mr.. Daniel r. Randall, Mrs.
John b. White, Mr.. James Mcmillan,
| Rev. J. L. Walsh, Miss Kate Randall,
Rev. JOSEPH P. McComas, Mr.. W. q.
! Gott, Mrs Thomas Fell, Mrs J. @.
| Cresap, DIR. S. s. Hepburn, DIR. A. M.
| ID. Mccormick, Pay Director james
d. Murray, Mr. Shellman b. Brown,
| Mr.. Ridgley p. Melvin, Mrs. J. dep.
/ Douw, Rev. W. S. Bayne, Rev. Thos
| G. Holloway, Mrs. Holloway. DR.. H.
r. Walton, Rev. W. T. Twamley
Rev. I. @. Hanley, rector of St
Mary's; Rev. Father O'Leary, Rev
George W. Miller, Prof Harry Wallis,
Major Hugh r. Riley, Rev. George s
Bell, Miss Virginia Mullan, Mis-
Catherine Iseman. Miss Eliza
Magruder.
The nomination committee was com
posed of DR.. L. O. Walton, DR.. Georg'
/ T. Feldmeyer, Ridgley P. Melvin
DR.. Henkel and Frank A. Munroe
The committee in charge Of the meet
ing was composed of Mr.. J. DEF
DOW, Mr. Cresap, Rev. w. I
Twamley, Rev. Father O'Leary, Prof.
Harry Wallis and DIR. III. r. Walton.
After the meeting had adjourned