Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-04
KILLS 10000 A YEAR
Some Startling Statistics of
Consumption's Victims.
DOCTORS FIGHT THE PLAGUE
Interesting Papers Read by Experts
at Atlantic City Convention.
NECESSITY FOR SANITARIUMS
Many Interesting Papers Read Before
the Woman's Auxiliary Of the
Anti-Tuberculosis League.

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the American Anti-Tuberculosis League,
which held its sessions in the First Pres
byterian Church yesterday afternoon,
Mrs. ]. r. Briggs of Dallas, Tex, presi-
dent Of the auxiliary, made the startling
statement that there are more than 6OO,-
600 cases Of consumption in the United
. States alone each year, and that of this
number 10000 cases terminated fatally.
| Mrs. Briggs urged the women of the
| auxiliary to fight hand in hand in an ef-
| fort to eradicate the great white plague"
| She urged further, that the women use
their influence with school boards to in
troduce into school textbooks chapters
on the treatment of consumption and
means for it's prevention.
| The auxiliary in Texas, Mrs Briggs de-
| clared. had secured $150,OOO for a state
sanitarium. She urged the sending out
of literature broadcast, so that the people
might receive instruction relative to the
| ravages Of consumption.
Mrs. Avis Bryce Of Atlanta, Ga, vice.
president Of the auxiliary, told of the
| the need Of exercising care that their
children were safeguarded from the pos
sibflity of contagion. She urged care in
busting houses, and pointed out the dan
ton in homes by the two free use of
brooms. She advocated the use of damp
cloths in busting furniture, in preference
| to the old-fashoned feather buster.
Need of Sanitariums.
Mrs. ]. Henry Willing. especially ap-
pointed a delegates by Gov. Stokes,
| told of the work being done among the
employees Of factories throughout this
state. She emphasized the need Of sani-
| tariums for consumptives and the danger
of contracting tuberculosis from particles
of dust containing germs
AT the morning session DR.. ]. w Ben
nett of Long Branch presided, and many
| interesting papers were, read.
Dr. Chase P. Amber of Asheville, N.
c., read a paper whose theme was Tell
the tuberculosis Patient the Truth"
Our first duty Is to the patient" said
from further injecting himself unless he
we should never lose sight of our duty
to the patient, we should remember that
we have duty to the family and the
| community at large which can only be
| done when the patient knows the truth,
| the necessities for prevention and then
carefully follows out our instructions and
advice"
Dr. ]. R. Briggs Of Dallas, Tex. read
paper on Specific Medication in Tuber-
culosis," with a report of 619 cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis: including all
| tubercle bacilli during the past eight
years. showing a recovery Of $50 per
cent He declared that this treatment
would be the means Of saving many
| lives
DR.. Briggs said that up to the day Of
Koch the world was at sea, and wholly
| ignorant even as to the causative factor Of
tuberculosis. A wonderful revolution was
brought by the germ theory, he said, and
gave the method for the use of consump-
| ton antitoxin. He said that 80 per cent
of consumption was due to bovine causes.
| DR.. w. H. Mayfield Of st. Louis NO.
read paper on How Shall We Stamp
Out tuberculosis" He predicted that in
| the near future a victory would be achieved
as great as that over diphtheria. He de-
| clared that the time had come for the peo-
pie of the country to aid in the fight, until
| now waged by physicians alone He urged
sending sufferers from tuberculosis to SAM
tar1umS and the need Of hygienic measures
to prevent the spread of the disease.
By unanimous vote a resolution was
passed that an effort be made by the
league to raise 100000 to carry on it's
work.
Medical Legislation Discussed.
The worlds fight against the ravages of
consumption will be the subject of most
| interest discussed during the meeting of
| the American Medical Association, which
opened its annual session here yesterday
| with meeting Of the house Of delegates.
One Of the most important reports read
before the house Of delegates was that Of
the committee on medical legislation. The
report recommended that the association
give its support to the plan to have the
United States navy supplied with nurses.
A bill will be presented to Congress at the
next session which provides for a $4,000
appropriation to equip the navy with
| nurses. This action was Endorsed.
The report of the council Of education
said: "a modern medical legislature de-
mands for the physician a four-year high
school education. year of physics, chem
istry and biology, two years in a we'll
work and the dispensaries and hospitals,
and one year as an inferno in hospital"
Doctors Choose Officers.
These officers were chosen at the closing
| session of the American Medical Academy
to serve for the ensuing year:
President, DR.. Thomas D. Davis, Pitts
burg; first vice president, James H. Nc
Bride. Pasadena. CAL. second vice presi-
dent, F. T. Rogers. Providence, R. l.; third
vice president Lewis H. McMurtrie Louis
vile KY; fourth vice president. A. Mans
treasurer. Charles Mcintyre, Easton, Pa:
assistant secretary, Alexander. Craig, Phila-
delphia
Among the speakers at yesterdays session
| of the academy. all of whom read papers on
| tuberculosis, were DR.. 8. A. Knopf, DR..
Gertrude U. Light and Miss Kate H Clag-
norm, all OF new YORK. Inc latter, who is
identified with the New York tenement
| house department, declared that the large
proportion of tenements in New York are
owned by men who were immigrants and
that essential improvements cannot be made
in the buildings because of the small equity
which the owners have in the property.
The speaker added that the height Of the
tenement should be regulated by preventive
regulations
Wood Hutchinson. another speaker, said:
pullman sleeping cars are places next to
our collins. We pay s. for the privilege of
using a compartment In which germs are
left by former occupants"
Paul X. Kennedy Of New York. a spe-
cialist in the matter Of investigating tene-
ment-house conditions, delivered an ad-
dress on health affairs in the metropolis,
in which he said that hotels as a rule are
breeding places Of tuberculosis and other
ailments Of contagious nature. He said
that the extra death rate in Washington,
D. c.. was due to dwellings inhabited by
people which are not fit for animals"
Six Months for Carrying Razor.