The Washington times., 1910-05-02
CARRYING ON FIGHT
UPON TUBERCULOSIS
Physicians Begin Sixth An
nual Meeting ca National
Association.
TO RENEW BATTLE
UPON KOCH THEORY
Opponents Planning TO Demand
That Definite Stand Be
Taken.

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4 The mooted question Of tuberculosis and
its relation TO the disease in human be-
luEss over which the international tuber-
cul0sis congress held a stormy session
here nearly two years ago, threatens
90 preclpitate a stirring debate in The
. convention OF the National Association
. for the study and Prevention Of TuBer-
f CulOsis. which convened TO-DAY at the
New Willard. when The subject comes
. up Tor dlscussIcT.-
. A number of p ysicians minated to-
day that they were prImed TO debate the
question from enc side or the other on
the floor before the delegates
The opponents of the theory that pull
mCua-y tuberculosis may De transmit
ted from cattle 20 men and women are
f prepared IL was learned today, 10 90
F before the convention and ask that some
definite stand be taken on the question:
Koch's Theory
Two years ago Dr. Robert Koch. the
disc0verer Of the tubercUIar germ, pro
pounded the proposition before the in
terratIouaI congress that consumption
could not Ee transmitted from Dovines
10 human beings and he stood almost
alone or that ground The congress
later adopted an almost unanimous
resolution pointing out the danger OF
such CgEraEl1G-
IL was claimed today by a faction Of
the convention that recent experiments
have confirmed Dr. kOch's belief, and
they wish the convention 10 take some
action on the subject
A ur--~-Ir OF excitement ran through
the convention han at the Eew Willard
this morning when the president Of the
association Dr. Edward O. JaueEyaT,
referred % the subject in his opening
Janeway Reference
ct think we are all aEreea taat the
milk used i1 cur big cities should be
as pure as We can make IT." was the
only comment Dr. Janeway made on the
+ Auout nrtv OF the couutry-s best
hD0Tu physicians. reDreSeu-lZ more
ElaC -alr l-af many states, "a sSa--DIEr5
at the New willard at neon Lor the
opening session u1 the sixth annual
meeting Cr the ass1ciatlon-
ollgEElu- the CperLI : address OF Dr.
-uEStou I'arraud- made ais annual re-
port The association adjourned FOR
luncheon and met aEain Q - O'Clock for
what IS known as the pathological ses-
AT O'Clock the soci illogical session
was scheduled % meet. md at O'Clock
l1is evening The advisory council viii &c
This VIII he followed by a general
business meeting Of the association.
tuberculosis Is Topic.
The prevention Of the great white
plague VIII ocCapy the ~, sjer part Of
the convention this week. -rhis evening
paper BY Dr. Lee x. saHkel. OF New
4ork, on. Insurance Against Tubercu-
losis' VIII pave the way 10 a general
discussion Of means OF preventing the
spread OF the disease.
The enforcement Of aH-s-soItru.g or
CluaDCes in the United States IS r6a
s5o1sc. CT 2 paper prepared by Dr. A
81 r tlSterr OF Louisville, Ky, TO be
Feaa tomorrow afternoon. At the same
session LE- Henry F. StOll, Of Hartford I
Lollli-. VIII speak on The School Chill
VeutCria-
The sessions of the convention. which 4
VIII commune through tomorrow even
ms VAL 6e held In the small ballroom {
or the willard, and preparations are
DelnE made for a. number of visitors in
leIesICd IN the study Of tuberculosis .
L---pIlS VII De made by the speakers .
% nave Lhelr addresses as ineligible 10 4
Jle layTnen as the subject will permit {
In charge OF the arrange.nprfs Is m
l[lL -E " hoDeTs chairman Of the local 3
- ClL-l--illlee appointed for that purpose
On the committee are William II E.T5
WIN, samuel CouperS- Gen Geo. ,-
Sternberg. and Cen Walter Woman
Lheou0re Roosevelt and Dr VVf71Fs--
CsleE aEe honorary vice presidents of
Reports Ready.
Reports prepared to be read this az
ening and tomorrow show 4 phenomenal
success In the work Of ESTABLISHING So
cieties in every city ana large town
throughout the countr-. Efforts 10 b77i75
hospitals and sanitoriE viii ne recount
ed and the work Of 8 curing the pas
sage Of laws for the establishment OF
such Institutions viii he &c
Great progress has alsg ZEN made IN
The work Of collecting infIrmatiOu and
statistics According 10 the report 245
more tnan 100000 pamphlets dis
Jributed by these societies
More than 500 beds for advanced
cases have been installed il hospitals 1
and 1900 beds for CIsrable r.aSes have
been placed IN 80 SauirUria for the oue1-
air treatment Dispensaries p--.7berinr-
20 nave been opened and more than
30 pHg Slcllills nave been engaged TO at
tend these cases In for y-J0e States
la VS. dealing With the disease have hen
passed ana active field ca-nFa igns or ex-
ll-I45s l-o4[s nave been held in forty-six
The publicity bureau Of the sssocIa-
uon- me report shows. furnished {
bI-WeeIly bulletin 10 abO1gt hl0 r7e--s
papers. A directory Of fnsri+7IffoTfs ,S,si- Il
Ing with tuberculosis and containing. a
survey o. the campaign in America has
been issued
jenkins Address.
The principal address before the soc{o-
logical section this afternoon was bv
James jenkins, jr-, Of Brooklyn.
"A Program for a Local Anti-T,,r,a-
culosiS Campaign was his subject
1ne chief functions Of q local cam,
3aign was educational and not rernel5jsI
the speaker said He pointed ont fF7af
the tuberculosis committee OF Rr0oL,Ivn
Or WHlcn ne IS secretary. had done IT'S
best work through the assisfa1os [S ~
city
He told how the committee had pro-
cured $500 worth Of free advertising {
from the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com {
9anys and how other vaTu.f,Ie so11rees o.
lf pubIcity had been ohfaf.1ed :