The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
PHYSICIANS 10
DISCUSS PLAGUE
tuberculosis socisty win oonEsAs
t New willard Hotel Thurs
day Morning.
EuERTs TO READ PAPERS

B.. =
Those % charge Of the preliminary ar
raHesnsnts for the eighth annual meel-
ins az the National Association for ths
stidy and Prevention Of Tubercuiosi1 to
take place IN this city Nay S-Si, an
noanced the completion % fheir pro
eramIne yesterday. They state that the
coming convention. both from scien-
tine and soeiologicsl standpoint, win be
. the most important IN the history Of the
Organisation. and one Of tbs most largely
attended.
Thti conference viii be attended BY sa-
wants from every section OF the United
states and each OF the subjects picked
for discussion win be handled by some
expert Of national reputation. The meet
ing win be entirely Of a business char
acter. an social diversion being strictly
taboo.
me convention win assemble in the
NeR willard Hotel at $50 o'clock Thurs
day morning.
NE hrst days addresses win be as
follows:
-lhe vaiue Of Institutional Treat
nisnt,v py Dr. Herbert NJ King, LOOMS,
n. y; employment OF Patients After
Leaving sanatorium." by DR.. W. J. Vog-
elet. Yonkers, n. Y; "A Revised Esti-
maze OF the Economic Cost OF Tubercu-
loSis,'g by Irving Fisher, New Haven,
Ct. saThe Uynjustifed Prejudice Of Tuber-
cuIosis- Patients to Entering Sanatoria,"
by.lDr. S. Adolphus Knopf, New York;
The Chicago Plan Of Fighting Tuber-
cuiosis," by Or. Theodore B. Sachs, Chi
cako; The Uses OF Water In Tubercu-
losis," by Dr. Simon Brauch. New York;
the Disgnostie Use Of Tuberculin," by
Dr. William L. Dunn, Asheville, n. c.;
The Present Status Of the Therapeutic
Use OF -Tuberculin," by DR.. Lawrason
Brown, Sarsnac Lake. N. Y; The Value
aof Reactions in the Therapeutic Use Of
A'ubsreuiin." by Drs. William Charles
fhits and H K Van Norman, Pitts
bag; The Mortality from Tuberculosis
in Large Cities" by Dr.. Herman N.
Bias, New York; Induced Pneumoth-
oraxA in the Treatment Of Pulmonary
Diseake'' by DR.. Louis Hammam, Balti-
more: and ''Twenty-four Cases Of Tuber-
culosis Treated by Compression Of the
Lung, According to the Method Of For
lanfhi Murphy and Brauer," DR.. Mary
E. Lapham, Highlands, N. c.
IN the evening the advisory council
win meet, DIR. Charles o. Probst, Of Co
lumbus, Ohio. opening the meeting with
an,eaddress on Should the Prevention
of Tuberculosis be Excessively Under
OficiaI Control?" The sociological Sec
ton viii be under the direction Of Fred
eriok L. Hoffman, Ii. d, Of Newark.
n. J.
The council will discuss THE Health
Omcial, the Physician, and the ayman
IN the Anti-T IbereuleSis Campaign the
debate being divided Is follows:
The Health Oficers-Dr. John H. Ian
dis, Cincinnati. rr.
The Physicisn--DrJ James Alexander
Miller New York
The Layman-Col- J. L. Ludlow Win
ston-Salem, II. c.
Second Days ProErnmme.
The second days programme includes
addresses on Acid Agglutination Of the
Different Types Of Tubercle BacilIi," by
DR., Charles Rrumwiede, jr., New York;
Some Observations Upon q Herd Of
TubercuIous Cattle" by Drs. Ward ].
MaeNeaI and c. F. Briscoe, Urbans, Ill:
''The Effect OF Lime Assimilation In Tu-
bereulosIs," by DR.. Ira Van Geison, New
York; The Relation Of Animal Fat TO
Tuhercle Bacillus Fat; A Suggested Ex-
plsnation of. Apical Lessons in Man and
Caodaf Lobe Lessons in Cattle" by DR..
William c. White and X H. Van Nor
Inan, f'ittsbuTE; The Variation in the
Longevity Of Tubercle BacilH from Diff
fersnt individuals" by Miss E. Marion
Waee and Dr.. B. L. Arms, Boston; An
Experimental Study Of the Relation OF
the =Viralence Of the Tubercle Bacillus TO
Its 5Persistency i'm the Circulation" by
DR.. Alfred F. Hess, New York; "A Bac- /
THEOLOGICAL Study of the Blood in Pull |
monary Tuberculosis; Preliminary Re-
7 q
A. Petroh. Saranac Lake, New York; "A |
Fufther Study Of the Value Of Arneth's !
Leucocyctie Blood Picture in Pulmonary |
Tuberculosis Based on 80 Counts" by |
Dr. Paul II. Ringer, Askeyille, n. C.; !
Clinical Considerations on Conditions |
Commonly Mistaken for Tuberculosis," !" |
By DR.. william s. ThayeT. Baltimore; |
The Use OF the X-Ray in the Diagnosis |
OF Pulmonary Tuberculosis" by DR.. !
Frederick H Bastjer, Baltimore: Re- |
storation Of Working Efficiency After |
Sanstorium Treatment" by DR.. Herbert |
NJ. King, .Loomis, n. Y; "A Study of |
the Ultimate Results in the Dispensary |
Treatment Of tuberculosis" by DR.. R |
R. n. Lsndis, PHILADELPHIA 1.-The Pre-
ventton Of HemorThage in pulmonary /
Tuberculosis by the Administration Of |
Autogenous YRccines Made from the Or
ganisms Of Mixed Infection" by Dr. |
Roswell 7. Petit, Ottawa, Ill; "A Re- |
port Of One Hundred and Fifty Cases OF /
Pulmonary tuberculosis Treated with 4
Tuberculin," by DR.. H. L. Barnes, Wal /
lum Lake, r. l.; Advanced Pulmonary
TuberculOEis Confined to One Lung; A /
Report Of One Hundred Fifth Cases With /
ResaIts." by DR.. F. c. Smith, Fort STAN 1
ton, -. NJ: Misleading Mortality 8ta-
tistics on Tuberculosis,' by Philip P. /
Jacob, New York; "The tuberculosis
DispenssEy," by Lillian d, wsId, New
York; The New Jersey Tuberculosis Ex-
hibit" By DR.. Millard KnoFltou, Trsn-
ton. n. J.: The East River Homes
Foundation" by DR.. Henry l. shively,
New York: and The Establishment Of 1
q Home Hospital In New York City" by
John A. Kingsbury, New York
This programme, will, be further. sup
plemented by a general discussion around
the theme. Some Essentials in a Pro-
Eramme for the Prevention OF Tuber-
eulositr This subject viii be divided as
fellows:
Adequate Hospital Control" by DR..
B. II. Waters, New York; Adequate i
Clinic Control" by Miss r Elizabeth
CrowelL New York; and AN Adequate
Campaign" by Dr H. E.
Dearhoit EiiEaukee, Wis