The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-12
..ght on Tuberculosis Is Em-
 phasized By Exhibits
HEALTH GIVERS REWARDED
Gold Medals and Cash Prizes Are Given at the Exhibition of the 'u. bercuIosis Congress for Va
 rious Helpful Measures.

Washington October 11.-Awards to suc- cessful competitors participating in the great exhibition which formed a vital part of the recent international congress on tuberculosis were announced today by Dr. John S. Fulton, secretary general of the congress and by Dr. Henry G. Beyer, chairman of the committee on exhibition in report to Dr. Lawrence r. Flick, chairman of thes committee on the con gress. The board of judges consisted of Dr. Elmer E. Brown, United States com missioner of education, as president; Dr. Frank T. Fulton of Providence, as sec retary, and 12 subcommittee, each made up of representative medical men who at tended the congress from all parts of the world. Keen rivalry was shown by indi- viduals, associations cities, states and na- tions, whose exhibits at the exposition made it the greatest since the fight to wipe out tuberculosis started.
 For the best evidence of effective work in the prevention of tuberculosis since the last congress- in 1905, cash prize of $500 was awarded to the Woman's National Health association of Ireland and to the
 
 while gold medals were presented to the Swedish and Boston associations. The prize of 5000 offered for the best exhibit of an existing sanitarium for the treat ment of curable cases was divided, $500 being given each to the White Haven Pa, sanitarium and the Brompton Hospital sanitarium of Frimley, Eng. For similar exhibits gold medals were awarded to the Berlitz sanitarium of Berlin and the Adj rondack Cottage sanitarium, Saranac, N. Y. For furnished house for the families of the working class gold medals were bestowed upon Milton D. Merrill of Wash ington, DC, and sefror Jose 5. Toraya of Cuba A $l0o0 prize was awarded to the Henry Phipps dispensary, Baltimore, for the best exhibit of a dispensary for treat ment of the tuberculosis poor Gold medals were given also to the Manhattan Tuberculosis dispensary of New York and Henry Phipps' institute of Philadelphia
 Two cash prizes of $100 for the best ed- ucational leaflets went to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tubercu- losis. and the Verein Bekampfung der Schquiedsucht, Chemitz and Umgebugn, U. D. Westcott Denver, Colo, Dr. H. S. Goddall, New York, ana Dr. George H. kress, Los Angeles.
 New York won the gold medal for the best exhibit sent in by the states illus trating organization for the prevention of tuberculosis. A gold medal went to Ger many which outrivalled all other coun- tries in an exhibit on this subject. For the best contribution to the pathological exhibit gold medals were presented to the United States bureau of animal industry and to England Wisconsin won the gold medal for an exhibit of the best laws and ordinances in force June, 1908, for the pre- vention of tuberculosis, while the exhibit of New York City was given gold medal for the best laws of any municipality
 Announcement will be late of the winner of the s1500 prize offered by the Smithson- ian institution for the best essay on "The Relational of Atmospheric Air to Tubercu- losis."