Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-07

DR.. William Osler.
moved The ordinary medical inspection
Of the schools for contagious diseases was
not enough, he said. to detect cases OF
consumption. 1t needed a physical exam
ination. and this should be made both OF
the pupils and the teachers. When the
communicable cases were detected, he said
that they should be isloated and taught in
classes by themselves. There were already
tives. backward children and unruly chill
dren and for the deaf and dumb There
was much more reason why the tuber-
culous patients should be segregated. He
would have them grouped in classes of
not more than fifteen, under a special
teacher.
Additional Suggestions.
With the active tuberculous cases re-
moved, he said. the improvement Of the
buildings for the other pupils should be
pushed to the utmost. Wide verandas
ample Fairgrounds. sufficient air space and
ventilation and compulsory baths and
cleanliness are all essential. Dr. Lowman
went further. and told of how vacation
scnoois and summer camps are organized
In Denmark, and advocated a similar de-
velopment here.
Mr.. Gompers' Address.
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, spoke on the sinh
1ect of tuberculosis among workers. and
told OF the experience of the laboring
classes in this connection. Mr.. Gompers
said that the federation had sent out a cir
cular on consumption, it's prevention and
Its treatment among the labor unions and
that they had really used the facts and
statistics of tuberculosis collected as a
strong argument in their fight for better
working conditions, higher wages and
shorter hours. He said that thee things
were all having favora bic effect on the
health of the workers. The better wages
enable them to provide themselves with
better homes and better food, there were
more sanitary conditions in many factories
ana ana WORKSHOPS and the general standard OF
living had been raised.
Association Of Medical Colleges.
The annual meeting of the Association of
American Medical Colleges, in the Raleigh
Hotel, was concluded late yesterday after
noon upon the election of officers for the
ensuing term and the designation of Cleve-
land, Ohio, as the place OF meeting for next
year. DR.. Henry B. Ward of the JTniver-
sty of Nebraska was chosen president.
succeeding DR.. George M Kober Of this
city. DR.: w. F. r. Phillips of this city
was elected first vice president. and DIR.
George E. Hoxie of the University of KAN
sas. second vice president. Fred c. Zapffe
was reelected secretary treasurer. Four
out of ten applications for membership
were considered favorably. namely. Cooper
Medical College of San Francisco the Uni
versity of North Dakota, Vanderbilt Uni
versity Of Nashville, Tenn, and the State
College of Physicians and Surgeons, In
dianapois, Ind.
An amendment to the constitution was Of
fered by DR.. ]. r. Guthrie, dean of the
medical department of the University of
Iowa, and 1t was adopted. The effect of
this new rule or law will be to discontinue
the practice of granting time allowance to
students entering medical colleges with bac-
calaureate degree, and to require them to
| attend the full course of four years.
Therapeutic Society.
With reception by President Roosevelt
at the White House, an election of officers
and transaction of other business this aft
ernoon and a complimentary dinner given
by the Washington members of the society
at the Raleigh Hotel tonight the eighth
annual meeting of the American Therapeu-,
tic Society, which has been in session for
the past three days. will come to an end.
The technical side of the convention
was closed this morning by the presen-
tation of a series of papers on medical
and surgical subjects, as follows:
The Importance of an Early Recog:.
ton to Later Respiratory Disturbances"
Charles H. Knight. New York, N. Y;
"Nauheim Methods in Pneumonia and
Diseases Dis Other Than Those Of the Heart"
Ten Years in the Treatment of Valvular
Diseases of the Heart" Thomas E. Sat
terthwaite. New York, N. Y: Cactus
Grandifiorus as a Therapeutic Agent in
Cardiac Diseases" r. c. Curtin, Phila-
delphia, Pa; "Arteriosclerosis- in Dis
eases of the Nervous System" Edward
d. Fisher, New York, N. Y; Restoration
of Tissue Tonus in the Abdominal Sup
ports" John, Madison Taylor, Philadel-
phia. Pa; "A Study of the Modern Drug
Business in Its Relation to Medical Prac-
tice," F. E. Stewart, East Orange, N. j.;
Comparative Clinical Observations of
the Results of Different Iron Prepara-
TONS" Eli II. Long, Buffalo. N. Y.
There was a discussion of the papers
by Drs. James NJ. Anders of philadelphia;
Thomas e. Satterthwaite of New York
city, Philip King Brown of San Fran
cisco, H. Beaumont Small of Ottawa,
Canada; Thomas A. 'Ashby of Baltimore,
Henry NJ. Bracken of Minneapolis Mimi,
and others.