Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23
Preparing for Opening of Tu-
bercuIosis Congress.
OFFICIAL PROGRAM READY
Foreign Delegates Who Will Assem-
BILE for Sessions.
PRESIDENT MAY NOT ATTEND
Cortelyou to Represent Him-Re-
ception and Social Features.
Lectures in Other Cities.

Plans for the meeting of the inter-
national tuberculosis congress, which
convenes here on September II and will
conclude on October II are rapidly TAX
ing definite form.
The Official announcement and program
FOR the congress has been printed and
was delivered at the headquarters of DIR.
John g. Fulton. secretary general. in the
Colorado building yesterday 1t is COM
piled i'm four languages-Spanish, French.
German and English.
Exhibits are arriving from all parts
of the world 1t was decided several
days ago to open the exhibition feature
of the congress on the evening prior to
the opening of the convention. The ex-
hibits will be shown at the new build
ing for the National Museum.
Cortelyou to Represent President.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency of this congress. 1t has not
been determined whether he will be able
to attend the opening ceremonies. DR..
Fulton has received letter from him
saving that if unable to attend he will
designate Secretary Cortelyou to repre-
sent him.
Regarded by the committees charged
with making the preliminary arrange
ments as the most important laborS ac-
complished during the past week are the
compilation of. an authentic list OF foreign
delegates to attend the convention; the
preparation of the official program for
special lectures to be made outside of the
convention in various cities in the east,
and a partial list of the papers to be
read at the sessions of the congress.
The committee on local affairs. of which
Gen. George NJ. Sternberg, former sur
geon general of the army, is chairman,
has arranged for large public reception
10 DELEGATES at COrcOran Art Gallery on
the evening of the opening day: num-
Der of other social celebrations have been
arranged at various hotels and private
residences.
DIR. Henry G. Boyer chairman of the
committee on exhibits has been particu-
larry busy during the past week receiv-
ing exhibits from the custom house in
Georgetown and having them transferred
to the new National Museum building.
During the week thirty cases were re-
ceived from Germany and twenty from
France. Others have been received from
Switzerland. Austria and Italy. DR.. Bey-
er has been advised that material is on
it's way to Washington from Russia
England. Sweden. Canada, Mexico, Uru-
quay and Argentina.
A great many states will be represented
By exhibits. DR.. Boyer has requested
state authorities to postpone sending
their material until after the first week
in September. The California exhibit.
which is extensive and exceptionally rare
and valuable. has already arrived, al
though not placed in position.
List of Foreign Delegates.
The list OF foreign delegates. accord
ing to DR.. Fulton. as printed for the first
time in this country. follows:
Denmark-Appoipted by. the Danish gov
eminent: B. Bang, MD, professor of
veterinary pathology, Royal Veterinary
School (premier delegate), Copenhagen;
jobs Fibiger. MD, professor of patho-
logical anatomy, University of Copen-
hagen; DIR. H. Rordam. navy surgeon.
member of the Danish parliament Copen-
hagen.
eminent: DR.. Arthur Newsholme, FIR. C.P..
principal British delegate, medical officer
local government board. Whitehall. S. w.
London: James Patten MacDougall, C.B.
vice president of the local government
board, Edinburgh, Scotland; DR.. Thomas
j. Stafford, C.B.. medical officer of the
local government for Ireland. Appointed
by local institutions: A. Wynter Blyth,
MR.C.S., FIG, F.C.S.. barrister of law.
Upper Glouster place. Marlebone,
registrar of the Royal Sanitary Institute.
Margaret street. London, W.; DR.. F..
F. Bushnell, Sussex County Hospital,
Brighton, England, official delegate from
the Devon and Cornwall SanatOrium for
DIR. Francis Stevens, medical officer of
health borough of Camberwell, Town
Hall. Camberwell. London, England; DIR.
III. E. Symes- Thompson. 33 Cavendish
square, London, W.; DIR. ]. B. Wilkinson.
D.P.H.. medical officer of health. Town
Hall. Oldham: DIR. George A. Heron,
senior physician to the, City of London
Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, APP
A.
80 Harley street, London. w; DIR. Arthur
Latham, honorary secretary of the So
ciety and physician and lecturer on medi-
cine to st. George Hospital, 33 Portland
place; London. w, .a appointed by the
Squire. CT B.. appointed by the Mount Yer
non Hospital for Consumption and Dis
eases Of the Chest. Hampstead and North
wood, Fitz Royal square. London, w:
Pref. G. Sims Woodhead. pathological
laboratory. new medical schools. Cam
bridge. represent commission to learn
about work that is being done in America
represent Cambridge University. represent
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for
Nurses: DR.. William Osler. represent
University of Oxford: DR. Eastwood. as
sstant to DR.. WoOdhead; DIR. j. George
-Adami. Montreal. Canada. represent Cam
bridge University; F. Link JP.. appoint
ed by the Corporation of London chair
man of the sanitary committee of the
corporation of London: DIR. Nathan Raw,
Liverpool. Cd Rodley street appointed by
the Association for the Prevention of Con-
sumption and Other Forms of Tubercu-
losis; DIR. Theodore Williams. Brompton
s. w. London. appointed by the AssQcia-
ton for the Prevention of Consumption
and Other Forms of tuberculosis
France-Dr. Maurice Mignon. Al Boule-
ward Victor Hugo. Nice. Societe Medicale
du Littoral Mediterranean; Prof L. Lam
douzy. member de academic de Mede-
cine. 10 Rue del Universite. Paris; NJ
Leune. inspector of academy, to repre-