The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
An IMPORTANT GATHERING
International Congress OF reesseulo
ain VII Assemble IL Waah-
ngton IN sept-moer,

presldent!as cam aisa In lsoN Wash
fneton VIII he the scene or one or
the nos in portaut scientific con
crosses ever held in America During
the asst ten days OF sep .enoer and
the hrst ten DAYS OF October, 1905,
1 large number OF distinguished men
from ali parts OF the world, phys
icians. hygienistS, suciologisls and
humanitarians. viii assemble in
Washington to discuss the problem
OF tuberculosis. This greet gathering
Will be organized under the name of
the international Congress ou puber-
cuiosis. 1t viii number several
thousand members and del yates,
and the visitors TO Washing o en-
account of the Cougle>s, viii uualaar
thousands more 'lHere is 90 dot L
about the magnitude and importau,
OF The Congr $, but It's ~attrtcuye-
ness TO non-members renal ; IL he
proved. Ii 4 congress IN tuberculosis
can draw many Auudrt OF Americans
TO WASHINGTON in the eriticai stages
OF a presidential camp4ign. there
can he no douLt that the noGern
crusade against the Great White
Plaque is the most absorbing contest
which medical science has ever
waged. The anti-tuberculosis cam
paign pas indeed, ''caugHt on
With the American people. and is
going forward in deadly earnest. but
az outsider may doubt whether it
can compete successfully With so
great a political upStlr.
The Directors and Council of the
National Association incluae the
most noted authorities on tuber-
culosis in this country and they are
besides, wise men in public affairs.
Their plans contemplate something
far broader than a convention of
scientific men. They expect to have
a Tuberculosis Exhibition which,
up to its date, will surpass 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 educat-
ing the public on tins subject is
employed in many foreign countries.
During the three weeks, while this
exhibition is in progress visitors can
learn What is going on, the world
around, in the fight against tuber-
culosis. The exhibition will be open
and free to the public at all times,
and its contests will be as intel esting
to the man in the street, or to the
high school pupil, as to the savant.
Tuberculosis exhibitions have been
held in many American cities and
have attracted visitors by thousands.
The value of the exhibition as a
means of %arrestine popular att, ntion
has therefore been proved by en-
perience.
The work Of organizing tue Inter
national Congress has been i~nlrusted
by the National Associatl3n TO
special committee of six we'll. known
medical men, who will add TO their
number up to twenty memf els. The
Committee at present includ s DR..
Lawrence Flick, of PHILADELPHIA:
DR.. Vincent Y. Bowditch, of Bo>ton;
DR.. Alfred Meyer, of New York DR..
j.. j. Walsh, of Philadelphia Dir
Lawrence Litchfield, OF Pittsburp:
DR.. Charles j. Hatfield, OF Pbila.
delphia. The committee has ap-
pointed Secretary-General DR.. John
S. Fulton, OF Baltimore, who has
opened an Office in the Colorado
Building, in Washington, and will
devote all his time to the organiza-
ton Of the Congress. This is much
the largest enterprise undertaken by
the National Association for the
Study and Prevention OF tuberculosis
in the four years Of it's existence.
That its faith in the outcome is we'll
founded is shown by the fact that
such men as H. G Frick, Henry
Phipps, Henry L. Higginson, Martin
Maloney, William P. Henszey. and
George Blumenthal are giving
financial support to the movement
For physicians the International
Congress on tuberculosis will be an
unique event. Such a gathering is
not likely to take place in this
country in a generation. The chance
CT seeing and hearing the most
distinguished foreign medical men is
Of itself sufficient to draw physicians
in hundreds from all parts Of this
country Canada and Mexico.
The Internationl Congress will be
hardly less attractive to sociologist,
for in this country the tuberculosis
problem has taken a strong hold on
the leaders in organized charity,
many OF whom have become leaders
also in the anti-tuberculosis move
ropf