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mission Of the United states army.
and DR.. Carlos j. Finlay who was re-
Gently awarded the Mary McKinsley
medal by the Liverpool Association
for the Study Of Tropical diseases.
Divisions Of the Congress.
The congress win be divided into
seven sections. each Of which viii be
under the direction Of men of particu-
lar distinction in their respective
delds. These are the sections and the
chairman of each:
Pathology and bactertology, over
which William H. WEIGH of the Johns
Hopkins hospital, will preside.
Clinical study of tuberculosis, pre-
sided over by DR.. Vincent Y. Bow
ditch, of Boston.
Surgery and orthopedics, DR.. Char
les H. Mayo, of Rochester, Mimi.
president,
tuberculosis in children, under the
presidency of DR.. Abraham jacob, of
New York City.
Hygenic. social, industrial and eco
nomic aspects of tuberculosis, Edward
T. Devine. of New York City. presi-
dent.
State and municipal control of tu-
berculosis, under the presidency of
Surgeon General Walter wyman, of
the United States Public Health and
Marine Hospital service.
tuberculosis in animals and its re-
lation to man, DR.. Leonard Pearson. of
Philadelphia, president.
Eminent Speakers.
In connection with the congress a
series of public lectures will be given
by some of the most eminent of the
foreign investigators. This list of
speakers includes DR.. K. W. Philip, Of
EdInburg, founder OF the first tubercu-
losis dispensary.
DR.. Theodore Williams, of London.
DR.. Arthur Newsholme, health off,
Ger of Brighton, England, director Of
King Edwards sanitarium.
DR.. C. H. spronck, of Utrecht, Hol-
land.
DR.. Turban, of Davos.Platz, switzer-
land. the originator of the scheme gen
orally followed at present for the clas-
sifcation of tuberculosis.
DR.. Gottholdt Pannwitz, of eBrlin,
secretary general of the International
Conference on tuberculosis. DR.. Emil
Won Behring, of Marburg. the origina-
tor of the diphtheria antitoxin.
DR.. Calmette, director of the Pasteur
Institute at Isle, France.
DR.. Letulle. of Paris, secretary gen.
eral of the last International Congress
on tuberculosis.
DR.. s. KitKasato. of Toxic. Japan,
director of the Imperial Institute for
the Research of Infectious Diseases.
Committee Of Arrangements.
Among the recent additions to the
committee of arrangements for the
congress are Mr.. John Barrett, the d.
rector of the Bureau of American Re
publics; DR.. Henry Gustav Boyer, of
the United States Navy; DR.. William
A. White, of Washington, superintend-
emit of the government hospital for the
insane; DR.. C. H. Mayo, the well known
surgeon of Rochester, Mimi; DR.. Hen.
ry NJ. Bracken. secretary of the state
Board of Health of Minnesota, and
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire.
The committee is not limited to medi-
cal men but includes representatives
of humanitarian undertakings that are
interested in the social aspects of the
anti-tuberculosis movement. Among
the latter are Mr.. John NJ. Glenn, d.
rector OF the Sage Foundation; Mr..
Livingston Farrand, of New York; Mr..
Ernest P. Bicknell, of Chicago: Miss
Jane Adams, of Hull House, Chicago;
Mr.. Edward H. Baldwin, of Washing
ton, and Mrs. ]. E. Newcomb, of New
York. DR.. Lawrence Flick, of Phila-
delphia, the director OF the Phipps In
stitute, is chairman of the committee
and DR.. John S. Fulton, of Washing
ton, is the secretary EVneral. The
other members Of the committee are:
DR.. Herman NJ. Biggs. New York.
DR.. Frank Billings, Chicago.
DR.. Vincent Y. Bowdltch, Boston.
DR.. Jas. C. Greenway, Greenwich, ct.
DR.. chas. J. Hatfield, Philadelphia.
DR.. Abraham jacob, New York.
DR.. George NJ. Kober, washington.
DR.. Lawrence Litchtield, Pittsburg.
DR.. Alfred Meyer. New York.
DR.. Leonard Pearson. Philadelphia.
Gen. G. NJ. sternberg, Washington.
DR.. E. L. Trudeuu, saranac Lake,
N. Y,
DR.. Victor c. Vaughan, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
DR.. Jos. Walsh, Phnade1pnia.