The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-06
SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS-
 IN WASHINGTON One of the Most Notable Ever Held in This
 Country. MEETINGOF GREAT MEN An International Congress on Tuberculosis The Ob-
 jects in View.
MEETINGoF GREAT MEN


 hottest part of the presidential cam paign in 1908 Washington will be the | scene of one of the most important scientific congresses ever held in Amer ica. During the last ten days of Sep tember and the first ten days of Oc- tober, 1908, large number of distin- guished men from all parts of the world, physicians, hygienists, so- ciologists and humanitarians, will as- semble in Washington to discuss the problem of tuberculosis. This great gathering will be organized under the name of the international .congres on tuberculosis. It will number several thousand members and delegates, and the visitors to Washington, on account of the congress, will number thousands more. There is no doubt about the magnitude and importance of the con- gress, but it's attractiveness to non members hemains to be prov ed. If congress on tuber- culosis can draw many hun dreds of Americans to Washington in the critical stages of a presidential campaign, there can be no doubt that the modern crusade against the great white plague is the most absorbing contest which medical science has ever waged. The anti-tuberculosis cam- paign has, indeed, caught on'' with the American people, and is going for ward in deadly earnest, but an out et1 f4f6A 1- pete successfully with so great a political upstir. Having in full view the intense preoccupation of public in- terest at that time, the national asso- citation for the study and prevention of tuberculosis has chosen the time and place for the international con gress to suit the pleasure and con- yenience of the foreign members and delegates, and the association has not the slightest doubt that the congress / will be a great success.
 The directors and council of the national association include the mos noted authorities on tuberculosis ir 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 tuberculosis ex hibition, which, up to it's date vii surpass in variety and interest any thing of the sort ever attempted. Int collection of Illustrative objects ha been going on in this country for sev eral years, and the exhibition metho of educating the public on this subjec is employed in many foreign countries During the three weeks, while this ex hibition Is in progress, visitors ca 5earn what Is going on, the worl around, in the fight against tubercu losis The exhibition win be open an free to the public at all times. and 1t contents will be as interesting to tn man in the street, or to the high schot pupil as to the savant. Tuberculos exhibitions have been held in man American cities and have attracte visitors by thousands The value { the exhibition as means of arrestin popular attention has therefore bee proved by experience
 Many of us find persons more inte esting than things, and some, WI would not walk a block to see a hous ful of unique objects, will travel mil to see distinguished man. The il ternational congress will provide in t exhibition a great collection of inte esting things, but the congress itst will be 8 great collection of interesti persons. Many of the distinguish authorities on this subjet in Gre Britain, Germany, France, and Ital are widely known by name in u country. But scientific men are seldc travellers, and they are not much SC in public The most important m from these countries will attend international congress on tuberculos not only for the purpose of discussi the subject in the scientific sessiol but also to make public addresses
 Washington and other cities. Int will be thirty of these public lectul in Washington, each one by foreigr distinguished as an authority on tub culosis. Besides the famous men whC names will occur to well-inforn Americans, some of the great n from remoter and less known countl will be seen and heard on the pull platform. The great men of medic in Sweden, Russia, Japan, China,Int Australia, and New Zealand,
 known in this country only to the
 ner circle of scientific medicine. Ms such men will attend the internatio congress on tuberculosis. It will
 geod for us Americans. though
 shocking to learn that some of
 most important work done in the we ern hemisphere (and some of 1t bet work than the United states can sh in the same line) has been done South America. The people of the
 world recognize the distinction fat earned by some of the South Ameri republics in dealing with the tuber losis problem. We, in the Uni States. are comparatively uninforn or misinformed, about the people so of Panama The congress is sure Include many representatives fl South America, and will show SC fine exhibits of work undertaken
 the restriction of tuberculosis in part of the world.
 The work of organizing the inter tional congress has been intrusted
 the national association to a spe committee of six well known med men. who will add to their number to twenty members. The commi at present includes pr. Lawrt Flick, of Philadelphia; Dr. Vincen
 Bowditch, of Boston; Dr. Alfred Me
 of New York; Dr. J. J. Walsh,
 Philadelphia; Dr. Lawrence Litchf
 of Pittsburg Dr. Charles J. Hatf