The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-13
TUBERCULOSIS WAR
Convention of 46 Nations to Discuss Means of Fight
 ing Plague.
TO MEET AT WASHINGTON
New Haven Will Send Five Members and Chairman of State
 Delegation.


 Widespread interest is being taken in this country and abroad in the Inter- national Congress on Tuberculosis, which is to be held in Washington next September under the auspices of the | National association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The gath ering will be unique in several respects. | It will be the first congress of the sort to be held in this country, and 1t will | differ from the earlier congress in giv- ing greater prominence against the white plague. The outlook will cover the anti-tuberculosis movement as a whole, and emphasis will be laid upon the humanitarian and social factors of the problem as well as upon the medi- cal. surgical and pathological aspects of 1t.
 A central committee was appointed for each state and for each of the countries abroad at the beginning Of the preparations for the congress. A number of these have organized and have formulated definite plans for the representation of their respective states or countries in the congress and in the exhibition that will be held in connec- tion with it. The activity of the local committee has been preceded In nearly every instance by official action by the governor of the state authorizing the participation of the various depart ments of state government in the un- dertaking. This has been done by the governors of twenty nine states, and other executives have signified their intention of taking up the matter at an early date The federal government is arranging 10 take purr also, seven Of the nine departments having expressed q desire to be represented.
 Some idea of the extent of the in- terest shown In the United States in the congress is to be gained from the fact that over six hundred persons, in diff ferent sections of the country, are serving on the state committees. The members of the Connecticut committee are
 Dr. ]. H. Townsend, state board of health, New Haven, chairman; pr. George Blumer, New Haven; pr. M. J. Brooks, New Canaan; pr. W. II. Car malt. New Haven: Prof. Irving Fisher, New Haven Dr. H. w. Fleck, Bridge port Dr. J. P. C. Foster. New Haven; Dr c. w. Gaylord. Rranford; C. P. Kellogg, Waterbury; Dr. s. J. Maher, New Haven; pr N. R, Steiner, Hart ford; Ernest Walkcr Smith. Hartford, The central committee of arrange ments for the congress hae invited the state committees c promote Inc co-or-
 Inatiou and cooperation of ali th. rsanizations of tho stat. interested ir
 be crusade aga tuberculosis 70 se eurc appfQp@a tlorf for state ang lQc9 yhihits and contributions 9 the main. 1 enancc tuna of tho congress Co se.
 1ra mem srs.of t6a cons ss nlisi 'ho interest al-l co-o aGon Of stat' and locu officials C secure state anc ' municipal exhibits Gor shs con~ress r
 ake reports to the socge etary-genera 4 n th1 s,atus Of tho asht against tu. | hcrculosis b the a'e. ctc@ 70 wei I ono iho co-bpcra-ion of Inc Sationa tsdPraj7 of Wonnn's clubs throuei Inc state committees.
 Forty K of the foreign countries arr 'enjie with ths congress and will b(
 presenta1 jn the gathering The mem ae-s of tha notl0ral committees oi hose countries include scientists, in-
 cstIs9tots hySenists and disni.9gic' f high ank The French committed
 as a membership of over 300 and Tn. iudes men Of prominence in public life
 IS well as in scientific research.
 Since the organization of the inter lational congress on tuberculosis abou
 eventcen years ago, the gathering nave been held every three years, the previous meetings having taken plac'
 Sc many. France, Russia, Austria Italy and England. The American
 ongress will have the distinction O ,cing the first at which the Spanisl
 peaking countries will have a prom 1ent part, and 1t will be the first a men SDAnlSa VIII pc one ol lHe oIiiCid languages. The other languages art
 erman. French and English. The Cen tral and South American countries will oe well represented in the congress nd the national committees for thos countries have organized and includ men who are actively identified witt the anti-tuberculosis movement. The congress will be divided into seven sections, each of which will be under the direction of men of partic. ular distinction in their respective . fields These are the sections and the chairmen of each:
 Pathology and bacteriology, ovel which William H. Welch of the John Hopkins hospital will preside Clinical study of tuberculosis, pre-. b sided over by pr. Vincent Y. Bowditcf of Boston.
 Surgery and orthopedics, Dr Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, Minn.