Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

there .an lie no douo, r. at the modern |
crusade against the great white plague |
is the lCost absorbing contest which |
medical science has ever waged. The
anti tuberculosis can:paiGn has, indeed,
Caught on" with the American peo-
pie. ana is going forward in deadly
earnest; but an outsider may doubt
whether it can compete successfully
with so great political upstir. Having
in full view the intense rreOccupation
of public interest at that time, the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis has chosen
the time and place for the international
congress to suit the pleasure and con-
venience of the foreign members and
delegates, and the association has not
the slightest doubt that the congress
will be a great success.
Include Noted Authorities.
The directors and council of the ma
tional association include the most not
| ed authorities on tuberculosis in this
: country, and they are. besides, wise
| liitll III DuhliC pit'ii'
contemplate something far broader
| than convention of scientific men.
| They expect to have a tuberculosis en-
| Inhibition, which. up to its date, will sur
| pass in variety and interest anything of
| the sort ever attempted. The collection
| of Illustrative objects has been going
on in this country for several years,
and the exhibition method of educating
the public on this subject is employed
| in many foreign countries. During the
| three weeks, while this exhibition is in
IpTogrCss. visitors can learn what is
| going on. the world around, in the fight
| against tuberculosis. The exhibition
will be open and free to the public at
| all times. and it's contents will be as
| interesting to the man in the street. or
to the high school pupil, as to the sa-
want. tuberculosis exhibitions have
! been held in many American cities and
lhave attracted visitors by thousands.
The value of the exhibition as a means
of arresting popular attention has
therefore been proved by experience.
Many of us find persons more inter
esting than things, and some. who
would not walk a block to see a house
full of unique objects. will travel miles
to see distinguished man. The Inter
national Congress will provide. in the
exhibition, great collection of int
esting things, but the congress itself
will be a great collection of interest
ing persons. Many of the distinguish
, ed authorities on this subject in Great
Britain. Germany. France. and Italy
are widely known by name in this
country. But scientific men are seldom
travellers. and they are not much seer
in public. The most important mer
from these countries will attend the
international Congress on tuberculosis
not only for the purpose of discussing
the subject in the scientific sessions
but also to make public addresses il
i Washington and other cities. There
will be so of these public lectures il
l Washington. each one by a foreigner
distinguished as an authority on tuber
CulOsiS Besides the famous men whose
names will occur to well informed
Americans, some of the great men from
remoter and less known countries will
| be seen and heard on the public plat
| form.
Known Only to Inner Circle.
| The great men of medicine in Swe
| den, Russia. Japan, China, India, Aus
| tralia. and New Zealand, are known il
| this country only to the inner circle O
| scientific medicine. Many such meI
1 will attend the International Congress
on tuberculosis. 1t will be good for Il
Americans. though a bit shocking, t
| learn that some of the most importau
| work done in the western hemispher
land some of it better work than tn
United States can show in the sam
line) has been done in South America
/ The people of the old world recogniz
III the distinction fairly earned by som
of the South American republics i
III dealing with the tuberculosis problem
II We. in the United States, are Compa
/ atively uniformed, or misinforme,
| about the people south of Panama. TIL
| congress is sure TO include many re-
Tesentatives from South America. an
- will show some fine exhibits of wor
: undertaken for the restriction of tube
W culosis in that part of the world