The Washington times., 1908-09-06
International Congress on
tuberculosis Opens Here
September 21.
CIVILIZED WORLD
TO BE REPRESENTED
Experts of Worldwide Reputa-
ton Will Make Addresses
Before the Delegates.

The official opening of the Interna-
tiOuaI Congress on tuberculosis viii
take place Monday, September IS, 81 II
o'clock in the assembly hail of the naw
National Museum. Al this meeting the
Secretary OF the Treasury, George =.
Cortelyou, viii preside, as the represen-
tative of President Roosevelt.
Official delegates representing at least
twenty-four Independent governments
viii be present and prepared to speak
Tor their countries Plans Tor the scIen-
tine program were completed al "a meet
ing last night.
Secretary COrtleyOu will Inahe an adj
dress OF welcome. After that Jne roster
OF the countries Will be called i'm alpha
beticaI order and the name Of the leader
of each governmental delegation VIII be
announced. The delegates viii briefly
present their greetings to lHe Govern
ment of the United States.
Will Be Divided
There viii be no scientific papers and
no discussions OF any sort al This meet
ing. II viii be brought 10 close by
Secretary CorteIyou; and after this the
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and begin tie real scientific work al
o'clock ca Tuesday, lasting until the
congress cIozes, October u.
All of the meeting places are on the
second floor Of the new National Muse
um. The exhibition is now being In
stalled on this floor and tbs officials
of the congress believe thai this W.u
be the greatest tuberculosis exhibition
ever assembled up 10 the present time.
There viii be only one more general
meeting of the congress. and that VIII
be Saturday morning when the official
delegates from other countries viii for
mally take their leave.
Every evening during the week there
viii be a public lecture in the assembly
han. but there will be no section meet
iugs in the evening. The first Of these
lectures ON Monday night will be given
by DR.. a. A. Wladimiron, of St Peters
burg. on The Biology Of the TubercIe
Bacillus
Newsh9lme's Address.
on Tuesday evening. at the same time
and place, there Will be a public lecture
by DIR. Arthur Newsholme, of London,
England, on The causes of the past
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thrown by history on preventive meas
ures for the Immediate future"
On Wednesday evening there Will be
a public lecture by Dr. Maurice Lee
tulIe and Nj. Augustine Rey.
Thursday evening DR.. n Phi Ten
delco, Of Leyden, viii speak on Col
lateral tuberculosis Inflammation"
Emil Conf OF Buenos Ayres. will
speak Friday evening, selecting as his
subject La Lucha contra tuberculosis
en- la Republica Argentine"
For Saturday night Prof Bernard
Bang. of Copenhagen. will speak on
Studies in tuberculosis in domestic
animals and what we may learn re-
garding human tuberculosis"
All of these public lectures are free
and open to all who may desire to at
tend.
Plan Reception.
On Monday evening a reception is
planned at the COTCOran Art Gallery
from $50 until H. to be given by. the
people of the District Of Columbia.
Friday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock the
President viii receive the delegates at
the White House.
The new National Museum viii be
open TO the public every day and even
ing from September p 10 October r.
There Will be popular lectures and dem
onstrations going on throughout this
period, and the exhibition VIII be made
clear and Interesting TO visitors BY
guides and emonstrators.
\ number Of the demonstrators and
guides come from foreign countries.
Among them may be mentioned DIT. Ber-
I'll Buhre, who viii give popular illus
Jrated talks daily. From Austria VIII
come DIT. Julius BaTteI and DIT. Clemens
Won PirqUet. to act as demonstrators.
DR.. Hamel will come from Germany TOR
the same purpose, representing the i'm
perial board of health of Germany.
Other demonstrators from Europe Will
be DR., Theodor Sherman, of Edinburgh.
Scotland; DR.. James Miller, OF Birmiug-
ham, England. and DR.. Amresn. OF
Berne, Switzerland
Every State Represented.
AS regards organization in tue United
States, il Is announced that the roster
of States will be complete Every state
and Territory between the Atlantic and
Pacific will be represented.
There is a good deal of confusion in
the public mind about the dates. The
exhibition is open from September q TO
October u. The congress proper Will
meet in she second week of this period.
from September Is to October 3. The
third week. ending October u, will be
devoted to the exhibition
Gen. Oberstad Oscar Schheicer, 8 re-
tired medical officer OF the German
army and member of the International
Congress on Tuberculosis. a passenger
on the steamer RarbarosSa. recently ar
irving in New York. had the misfortune
20 fall and break his arm He is now in
the Garman EOenital In Nnru NnnI- hui