New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
MANY DELEG4TES COMING
Ends of Earth To Be Represented at
Tuberculosis Congress.

Washington July 12-Speaking literally, the ends
of the earth TO be represented at the lnterna-
tionaI Congress tuberculosis, to be held in this
city from September 81 to October L. Within the
last few days Dr. John S. Fulton. the secretary gen
eraI of the congress- been informed of the for
nation of a committee of arrangements for cape
Colony, South Africa and of the appointment OF
official delegates by Denmark, Spain, NeWfound-
land. Russia. England. Scotland and France. Inc
chairman of the South African committee is Dr. A
Jasper Anderson. of Cape Town, medical officer OF
health for that district and chairman OF the coun-
ell of the association for the prevention of con-
sumption of other forms of tuberculosis in Cape
Colony The committee includes. in addition TO a
number of representative physicians and laymen the
Rev. A. z. Bender rabbi of the synagogue at cape
Town.
The official delegates from Denmark are Profess
sor r. Bang, Professor Fibiger and DR.. H Rordarn,
a military surgeon and member of the Danish
Parliament DR. Bang VIII deliver a lecture during
the congress the method of irrCnization OF cale
which has been adopted by the Danish government
and which bears his name. The Bang method has
attracted favorable attention in the United States
being tried by dairymen- The system
is welcome substitute for the plan of killing all
infected cattle Instead Of resorting to extreme
measures, tuberculous not required TO be
disposed of, but separated from the main nero
The calves of these animals removed from the
infected herd, carefully fed on sterifzed milk
and If results Justify It finally placed with the
healthy herd. In this way the healthy herd gradu-
DR. Camo Caleia- Madrid the Spanish Off
cial delegate, is writer on scientific topics ana
is the author of number of well known works
DR.. Ramon Y. Cajal, of Madrid, the winner of the
Nobel Medical Prize awarded in 1906. is a member
of the Spanish committee of arrangements for the
congress.
The French official delegates reported so far in
clude Professor L. Landouzy, of the faculty OF
medicine the University of Paris, the president
of the French committee for arrangements for the
congress; NJ. Leune inspector of the Academy who
will represent the Department of Public Instruc-
ton Of France. and DR.. Maurice Mignon, Of Nice,
who will come from the Mediterranean Medical
Society Dr. S S Sterlopulo OF Moscow, will come
as a delegate of the permanent Russian Tubercu-
losis Commission, and K. J. Kalning, of Riga, VIII
represent the Baltic Veterinary Society.
DR. Henry G. Boyer, chairman of the committee
on the exhibition be held in connection with the
congress has been informed of the arrival in this
country OF the exhibits which have been assembled
by the national committees of Germany, Sweden
and Switzerland The national museum, in
which the congress and the exhibition to be
housed will not finished by the time the con-
gress convenes. The first and second floors. how
ever will be put into such state as to house
the congress and the exhibits conveniently These
two floors have a combined space of about 100000
square feet. The of this building was author
tzed by Congress and $40 600 appropriated for
the purpose Of making available for the meeting
and to accommodate the exhibits.