Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-07
STUDY OF TUBERCULOSIS
National Convention Discusses keans Of
Preventing spTssd Of White Plague
PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Session VIII Last Three weeks and
Experts From All Parts of
the world VIII De-
liver Addresses.

WASHINGTON. May s-Tuberculosis In
lection from bovine and other germs YER
sus infection through human germs was
discussed at length today at the meeting
OF the National association for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis in third
annual session here. The question was not
settled and the proposition was mooted OF
appointing a committee TO continue the
study OF that subject.
The question came up at the afternoon
session OF Tuberculosis in Children DR..
Charles Hunter Dunn OF Boston had for
his subject Recent Advances in the
knowledge OF tuberculosis in Children"
Discussing the frequency Of tuberculosis
In early life he said II increases from
month to month and year 70 year, but that
IN the cases in which Il was found as the
cause Of death Il decreased from year 10
year In early life tuberculosis did not
AFFECT the lungs as II did in the case Of
the adult but frequently remained hidden
In the internal glands IN children until an
acute form Of tubercuiar meningitis or
pneumonia caused death. He declared
children have no power Of resistance
against these acute outbreaks and small
babies showed no tendency toward the
healing Of the LESSONS
Coming to the sources OF tubercular in
lection he mentioned the various theories
that Il was conEenitRl, due to dust or
most sputum and said that while there
was truth In all Of them, the oommonest
source was house contagion from tuber-
cular surroundings In the order Of fire.
quency, he said, tuberculosis entered the
body through the lungs, through the in
teatines or through the tonsils and the
pharynx and locates itself In the nearest
glands In diagnosing latent forms OF the
dlsease he said that the X-ray was the
most important means Of discovering It.
Finally he spoke on the subject OF I'M
munizlng a person against tuberculosis r
means OF vaccination. He reviewed the pr
gress made In that direction and said he
believed that human beings were in a
pretty good state of natural resistance and
held out hope of finding a vaccine to make
that resistance absolute.
How ContagiOn is Acquired.
! DIT. Henry L. K Shaw Of Albany, N. Y,
( in discussing the question, The Present
! Status OF the Transmissibillty Of Bovine
tuberculosis as Illustrated by Infants and
! Young Children" argued that the usual
! method Of acquiring the disease was
through the contagion of man to man and
not through milk and other foods. That
however. he said should not cause a relaXa-
| ton OF the efforts made and being made
to guard against infection in that way.
| Discussing the subject Are Tuberculosis
/ infants and Children In the First Five
| Years Of Life Liable to be Sources OF
Infectionf' DR.. Samuel 8. Adams of this
| city took the ground that children were
subiect to tuberculosis the same as adults
and that although the opportunities for In
lection were great, nevertheless, children
should be considered as sources Of infee-
ton.
I international Congress Next Yenr.
Plans for the international congress on
tuberculosis, to be held in Washington In
1905, were described by DR.. Lawrence r
Flick. II will include a conference of the
international bureau for the prevention OF
Consumption. The congress win be in
session for three weeks, one of which vii
be devoted 70 scientific work In Wash
ington and two weeks to the entertainment
Of guests and the inspection Of instltu-
tions throughout the country. There Is t.
be an exhibit in Washington during THU
time which will give an objective demon
stration Of everything that can be Of in
terest IN tuberculosis from all countries
outside OF the United States. The plar
calls for fund of 10000, to be subscribed
by twenty men, for betrayal Of expenses
Of the congress and the award Of prizes
in the interest OF the crusade agains
tuberculosis. Thirty thousand dollars o.
the fund has been subscribed and paid in
The fund OF 100000 is to be used exclu
sively for the scientific part of the con
gress.
Exhibit to He Complete.
DR.. Flick said: ''The exhihi: viii be
complete pathological and bacteriologica
picture of what tuberculosis means to MAJ
In it's devastation throughout the ANNA
kingdom, 1t will show the ravages OF tn
disease upon man, animals, birds 0nC
fishes 1t will show the cycle Of life o
the tubercle bacillus, with all It's products
the heterogeneous with which it may b
related and from which II is derived. an,
the micro-organisms with which 1t as
sociates and fraterniEes. II will show tn
method OF growth Of these micro-organ
isms, the changes which they produc