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torium for tuberculosis at Trojan. and Or.
s. A. Vaicovitch.
South America to Take Part

South America to Take Part
Since the organization of the lnterna-
tionaI Congress on Tuberculosis about
seventeen years ago the gatherings have
been held every three years, the previous
meetings having taken place in Germany,
France, Russia, Austria, Italy and Eng
land. Tho American congress will have
the distinction of being the first at which
the Spanish speaking countries will have
a prominent part and it will be the first
at which Spanish will be one of the Of
fetal languages. The other languages are
German, French and English. The Cen
trail and South American countries VIII
be well represented in the congress and
the national committees for those coun-
tries have organized and include men
who are actively identified with the anti
tuberculosis movement.
DE-. A. Herrera Vegas, the chairman of
the Venezuelan committee, Is president OF
the Venezuelan Anti-tuberculosis league,
and a member of the National Academy
of Medicine at Caracas. DIR. Z. Acosta
Ortiz, the vice president, is a director Of
the hospital at Vargas, and DR.. l.. Ra-
zetti, another member of the committee,
is vice rector of the University of Vene-
zuela and permanent secretary of the
National Academy of Medicine. All of
the members of the Brazilian committee
are actively identified with the anti
tuberculosis movement in that country.
The committee includes DIR. j. ]. AzeYedo
Lima of Rio Janeiro, president OF the
Brazilian Anti-tuberculosis league; DR..
Oswaldo Cruz, director general of the
department of public health; DR.. j. j.
Seabra and DR.. Cypriano de FreitaS of
Rio de Janeiro The chairman Is DR..
Tavaras de Lyra, the minister of the
interior; two of the other members are
"a a rnpnhQr of the
house of deputies and editor Of the Bra
lillian newspaper Imprensa, and Colonel
Ernesto SIENNA, editor of the Journal of
Commerce of r Janeiro.
The Costa Rlcan committee has named
DR.. Louis p. Jiminez chairman and DR..
Teodoro Picardo of San Jose secretary.
Other members are DR.. Teodoro Presti-
nary. DR.. Benjamin Hernandez and DR..
Marcos zunega, all of San Jose.
Prominent cubans
The president of the Cuban committee
is Dr. Guiteras formerly professor of
pathology In the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and now at the University OF Ha-
vana. DR.. j. l.. jacobson, the vice presi
dent is president of the Cuban anti-tu-
berculosis league. 1he secretary Is DR..
NJ. G. Lebredo of Havana. Two well
known members OF this committee are
DR.. Aristides Agramonte, the last surviv-
ing member of the famo yellow fever
commission OF the United States army,
and DR.. Carlos j. Finlay, who was recent
ly awarded the Mary McKinsley medal by
the Liverpool Association for the Study of
Tropical Diseases.
Divisions of the Congress
The congress viii be divided into seven
sections, each of which will be under the
direction of men of particular distinction
in their respective fields. These are the
sections and the chairman of each:
Pathology and bacteriology, over which
William H. WEIGH of the Johns Hopkins
hospital will preside.
Clinical study of tuberculosis, presided
over by DR.. Vincent Y. Bowditch of Bos-
ton.
Surgery and orthopedics, DR.. Charles II.
Mayo of Rochester. Mimi, president.
tuberculosis in children, under the pres
idency of DR.. Aoraham jacob of New
York city.
Hygienic, social, industrial and econom-
ic aspects Of tuberculosis, Edward I. De-
vine OF New York city, president.
State and municipal control vi tu5eTou
losis, under the presidency of Surgeon
General Walter Wyman of the United
States pubic health and marine hospital
service.
Tuberculosis in animals and its relation
to man. DIR. Leonard Pearson Of Philadel-
phia, president.
Eminent Speakers
In connection with the congress series
of public lectures will be given by some OF
the most eminent of the foreign investi-
gators. This list of speakers includes DR..
X. w. Philip of edinburgh, founder OF the
first tuberculosis dispensary.
DR.. Theodore Williams of London.
DIR. Arthur Newsholme health officer of
Brighton, England, director Of King Ed
wards sanitarium.
DIR. C. H. Spronck of Utrecht, Holland
Dr. Turban of Davos-Platz, Switzerland.
the originator of the scheme generally fol-
lowed at present for the classification Of
tuberculosis.
DR.. Gottholdt Pannwitz of Berlin, secre-
tary-general of the international confer
ence on tuberculosis. DIR. Emil Won Behr-
ing of Marburg, the originator of the
diphtheria antitoxin.
DR.. Calmette, director of the Pasteur
institute at Lis.e France.
Dr. Letulle OF Paris, secretary general
of the last international congress on tu-
berculosis.
DR.. S. Kitasato OF Toxic Japan, direct
or of the imperial institute for the re-
search of infectious diseases.
Committee of Arrangements
Among the recent additions TO the COM
mittee of arrangements for the congress
are John Barrett, the director of the
bureau of American republics; DR.. Henry
Gustav Boyer of the United States navy;
Dr. William A. White of Washington
superintendent of the government hos
pital for the insane; DIR. G. H. Mayo. the
we'll known surgeon of Rochester. MINI. ;
Dr. Henry A Bracken, secretary Of the
state board of health of Minnesota, and
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
The committee Is not limited to medical
Sage foundation; Livingston Ferrand of
humanitarian undertakings that are inter-
ested in the social aspects of the anti
tuberculosis movement. Among the lat
ter are John NJ. Glenn, director of the
Sage foundation; Livinston Farrand of
New York; Ernest p Bicknell of Chi
cago Miss Jane Adams of Hull house,
Chicago; Edward II. Baldwin of Wash
ington and Mrs. J. e. Newcomb of New
York. Dr. Lawrence Flick of Philadel-
phia, the director of the Phipps institute,
John s. Fulton of Washington is the
secretary general. The other members Of
the committee are: DIR. Herman NJ.
Biggs. New York; DR.. Frank Billings,
Chicago; DIR. Vincent Y. Bowditch. Bos-
ton; DR.. James c. Greenway, Green
wich Conn; DR.. Charles j. Hatfield,
Philadelphia; DR.. Abraham Jacob. New
York; DIR. George M. Kober, Washington;
DIR. Lawrence Litchfeld, Pittsburg; DR..
Alfred Meyer, New York; Dr. Leonard
Pearson. Philadelphia; Gen. G. NJ Stern
berg, Washington; DR.. r. l.. Trudeau,