Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-31
Work of Profession.

Dr. Miller, who is the medical director
of the tuberculosis division of Bellevue
Hospital, New York in his paper laid
emphasis on the efforts of the medical
profession toward the prevention of dis
ease, rather than, as formerly, permit
ting 1t to develop unchecked, and then
trying to cure 1T.
1.-The physician he said, lis assum-
ing the role of guide and interpreter of
certain natural phenomena of vital In
terest to every individual, and WORKS
with his patient no longer by dlctauon,
but through cooperation and mutual IN
derstanding No longer is the health OF
the individual considered simply a mat
ter for personal concern; ii Is now recog-
nized as quite as much matter OF public
interest and responsibility. And in no
field of investigation is this more true
than in tuberculosis.
Most Important Problem.
Col. Ludlow, speaking from the point
of view of the layman in the campaign
for the eradication of tuberculosis, de-
cIared that the problem of preventing the
disease is one of vastly comprehensive
proport ons, not outranked in Importance
by any other phase of civic life classed
as social problems, the speaker laying
stress on the point that even immortality
and vice as social problems, cannot be
placed ahead of the control of tubercu-
losis as question to be solved by So
ciety.
1.-The degree of prevalence of tubercu-
losis in a community" said Col. Ludlow,
docs not measure the standard of medi-
cal practice; but 1t is correct and in
fallible index Of the private and public
hygienc habits and conditions of the
community. 1t is the disease barometer
of wrong living and defective sanitary en-
vironment.'
The discussion that followed the reading
of the papers was led by DR.. Vincent Y.
Bowd.tch OF Boston and Edwin F. Sweet
of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Clinical Section Meeting.
The meeting of the clinical section of
the association yesterday afternoon, of
particular interest to the specialists and
scientists in attendance a. the conference,
was devoted to the reading of a number
Of highly technical papers on various
phases of tuberculosis The papers in
cluded the following
1.-The External Use of Water for Enhanc-
ing Resistance to Tuberculos S. Dr. ST.
mon Baruch of New York. This was a
discussion of the use of cold baths. etc.
in Hardening tuberculosly inclined indi-
yiduals so as to prevent in large meas
ure unusual susceptibility to the disease.
THE Diagnostic Use of Tuberculin." by
DR.. William l.. Dunn of Ashevlle, n. c.
This paper treated of the use of tubercu-
lin as a means of indicating the existence
Of tuberculosis in the human system.
The Present Status of the Therapeutic
Use of Tuberculin," my DR.. Lawrason
Brown Of Saranac Lake. n. Y. A dis
cussion OF the use now being made. by
tuberculosis specialists, in and out of
sanatoria. of tuberculin as means of
indicating tuberculosis, rather than as an
agent for the cure of the disease
THE Value of Reactions in the Thera-
peutic Use of Tuberculin, by Drs Will
liam Charles White and X. H. Van Nor
man of Pittsburgh.
Mortality in Large Cities.
1.-The Mortality From Tuberculosis in
Large Cities by DR.. Hermann NJ Biggs
of New York. In this paper Dr. Biegs
showed how the advances made in the