Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-07
HOOK WORMS DOOM
IS SURELY SEALED
Plans Perfected for Coming Con-
gress in Campaign Against the
Scourge of South-Gatherlng
January Is and 10.

'.The Hook Worm congress which viii
meet here January Is and 10 will be the
most remarkable gathering since the diet
of worms
Such was the astonishing statement OF
Secretary Walter G. Cooper, of the Atlah-
ia Chamber of Commerce, to a journal
reporter on Friday morning, and ne ap-
parently meant what he said. Contlnulhs'
Mr.. Cooper remarked that, in all serious
ness. the gathering would undoubtedly
mark an epoch in the history OF the
south, and would prove the harbinger OF
better. health conditions. upon when Iu-
ture prosperity is always contingent.
The committee on arrangements for the
hook worm conference to be held in At
lanta on January is and 10, completed
preliminary work Thursday afternoon,
and invitations go out Immediately TO the
state health officers. officers of state ana
city boards of health. officers OF 600 COM
mercial bodies in the southern states ana
to the president and chief medical oftlcers
of life insurance companies doing ousi-
ness in the south.
The governor of each southern state is
asked to appoint a delegation of repre-
sentative men, including physicians ana
laymen from each congressional dlstrlct
1t is particularly desired to have the pres
cIlC6 VI lilc SONCInOAo N-
number of them are expected.
STEREOPTICON LECTURE.
On the opening night. it is intended
to have addresses from DR.. Charles War
dell Stiles and DR.. r. NJ. Cunningham, OF
Alabama. DR.. Stiles has worldwide
fame for his Investigations of the hook
worm, and is an accomplished public
speaker accompanying his lectures with
stereopticon slides of the conditions of
the victims of hook worm in the various
stages.
Dr. Cunningham is very prominent not
only as a physician, but as pubhcist ana
orator, and was at one time, candidate
for governor of Alabama.
Dr. William H. WEIGH, chairman OF
the Rockefeller commission, is expected
to deliver an address on the work of that
body and in this he will no doubt outline
his program. The editors of medical
Journals will also be invited and will be
represented.
The first days session will be devoted
to papers and addresses. and the second
to an open discussion of the whole sub
ject. The range of ,dicussion will include
the history. pathology, treatment and
prevention of the disease and 1t is expect
ed that it will eliminate in a permanent
organization to conduct the campaign for
the eradication of hook worm.
The committee of arrangements is COM
posed of Wilmer l.. Moore, vice president;
DR.. w. S. Elkin and Samuel A. Carter.
representing the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce, and President Willis F. West
moreland and Secretary H. F. Harris OF
the Georgia state board of health.
The discussion will not be limited to
medical men, but will be participated in
by pqblicists and leading men of CONNER
cial bodies of the south.
PROGRAM PERFECTED.
In addition to the outlining of the plans
for the convention, the committee has
drawn up a regular program of the events
for eHch day, this being as follows:
TUESDAY, JAN. Is.
10 a. m.-Conference called to order by
the president of the chamber of COM
merce.
Addresses of welcome by his excellency,
Joseph NJ. Brown, governor of Georgia,
and his honor. Mayor Robert F. Maddox.
History of Hook Worm Disease"-By
an eminent authority.
Life History of Parasite and Method
of nfection'-Charles Wardell Stiles.
Ph.D.
Rural Hygiene with Special Reference
to Hook Worm Disease and it's Proven
tion"-By an able speaker.
Pathology a student of the dis
ease.
| "symptomatology and Diagnosis"-Dr
H. +. Harris.
Treatment"
Economic Effect of the Disease"
How Best to Combat and Eradicate
| the Disease"
PUBLIC MEETING.
Tuesday night, at the auditorium there
will be a public meeting, when. DR.. Stiles
will give his famous stereopticon lecture
showing how the victims of the hook
worm look at diffent stages.
There will be addresses by several gen.
tlemen of national reputation, on the eff
fects of the disease.
WEDNESDAY
|. Wednesday morning will be devoted to
a general discussion, followed by the ac-
complishment of a permanent organiza-
ton and the launching of a campaign
similar to that instituted against tuber-
culosis. On Wednesday afternoon the
members of the conference will be given
a receDtiOn at the Piedmont Driving Climb