The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
FOR FIGHT
ON WHITE PLAGUE
DR.. LAWRENCE FLICK OUTLINES
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
ON TUBERCULOSIS.
RAvACES OF DISEASE
Viii BE Shown BY Exhibits From All
Parts Of the World-ModeI
Hospital and Other Fea-
tures To BE

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. 4 Washington May G.--At toaay's
session Of the Association of Ame /.
lean Medical Colleges, an amendment
Regarding time Of students III medical
ieoit ges which was proposed by Rev.
i X. Guthrie, dean OF the meaicIf
department Of the University of Iowa.
was adopted by an almost unanimous
vote This amendment makes II ob.
| IiiEatory that each student spend four
years in o medical college and that
mo credit be allowed for anything ex.
cept fer time actually spent In I'd lege.
Plans for the Information Congress
ION 1nperculosis to be held In Wash.
ington In 1898. were described by
DR.. Lawrence r. Flick. ii will Id.
tclude a conference Of the Interna-
tional Bureau for the Prevention of
Consumption. The congress will he
Ein session for three weeks. one of
which will he devoted to scientific
work In Washington and two weeks
TO the entertainment of guests and the
inspection of institutions throughout
the country. There is to be an ex-
hibit In Washington during this time
which will give an objective demon
sfration Of everything that can be az
interest In tuberculosis throueho
he world and course OF ie. lures by
prominent workers in the United
States.
The plan calls for fund Of 100000
To be subscribed by twenty men, for
betrayal of expenses of the congress
and the award of prizes In the inter.
est OF the crusade against tubercu-
esis. Thirtv thousand dollars of the
eund has been subscribed and paid
sns Tho fnnd of sfnaaaa HI ~ he
lsed exclusively for the scientific part
of the congress.
Exhibits to Show Ravsges Of Disease.
Dr. Flick said: THE exhibit will
be complete pathological and hac-
THEOLOGICAL picture of what tuhercu-
losis means TO man In its devastati m
throughout the animal kingdom. II
will show the ravages Of the diselse
upon man. animals. birds and fishes.
Il will show the cycle OF life of the
tubercle bacillus with all its psoiucts:
the micro organisms with which II
may be related and which II associates
and fraa ernlZes. II VIII snow the
method of growth Of these micro
organisms; and the changes which
they produce on the substances on
which they grow and the restrictions
upon their growth and development
n nature, The exhibit win give
statistical demonst. alton of what tl-
Jercnlosis has meant To the worll in
he past and what it means in the
present. II viii show the vile spieai
operation of tuberculosis in every
part OF the world and how II has
irammeled civilization
The exhibit will also show what TIE
-Insade against tuberculosis has so
far accomplished and what 1t may
accomplish in the future.
Model Hospital Shown.
II vii present models of hospitals
for consumptives, sana' oria. dispen-
saries, day-camps. eonvalescent farms,
colonies, consumpilve
rlasses. and will show the ten-
efits which may be derived from
these measures. II will show the
various appliances used for the pre.
gention of tuberculosis. aud The man
ner Of using them. The whole world
viii participate in this exhibit so that
Z viii be worlds fair. so to speak.
II everything which can in any way
bear upon the crusade against the
sreat white plague
So far The committee has announc-
4 one prize. namely. a prize Of ore
housand dollars for the best evidence
+ efficient work done by any volun-
Ger organization since the last CON
Tess on tuberculosis. the prize T. be
warded a. the time Of the congress.
,ther prizes viii be announced later
n
The United States government and
tate governments have heen asked to
anticipate in the congress with very
neouraging answers from many Of
hem.