Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-18
meets IN SECTIONS FOREIGN PARTY HERE
Variety of Topics Before Pub German Delegation Arrives for
lie Health Association. Health Congress.
BRIEF GENERAL SESSION EN- ROUTE TO THIS CITY
Scientists Stop
Money Value of Before Coming Washington
CHILD WELFARE ALSO TOPIC LECTURE VERNON M CADY
Program
Relating Program
Health
German Delegation Arrives for
Health Congress.
EN- ROUTE TO THIS CITY
Scientists Stop Over in New York
Before Coming to Washington.
LECTURE BY VERNON M. CADY
Takes for His Subject Sex Education.
Other Lectures on Program
for Today.

A delegation Of nearly 200 German
physicians, many OF them accompanied
by their wives and families. arrived in
New York yesterday, en- route TO ths
city. where they will attend the fifteenth
International Congress on Hygiene and
Demography. which opens in this city
next Monday. The party, which came on
the Hamburg American line steamship
Cincinnati. reported thoroughly en-
Joyable voyage. and said that not single
member experienced seasiclSness. The
party. on arrival. was divided into three
sections. these being registered at differ
ent hotels in New York.
Only a few OF the members OF the party
are actually accredited delegates to the
congress. the others being members Of
the German Central komite fur Aberz-
liche Sudden Reisen This organization
makes annual trips to foreign countries
to study health conditions. and this year
chose the United States because of the
fact that the hygiene congress meets
here.
The visitors include a number OF scien-
lists of International prominence. Fore
most among them Is DR.. Wilhelm His,
pTfvy councillor. q professor at the Uni
versity of Berlin, and one of Germany's
foremost medical men. He is in charge
OF the delegation. Others In the party
whose names are known In international
medical circles are DR.. Albert Oliven. a
neurologist, and general secretary to the
congress-. Surgeon General koeneg of the
Prussian army; Prof Lenhon, a medical
writer of wide fame: DIR. Weber, privy
councillor and member of the Berlin
health department: Privy Councillor
Dieudonne, Prof Pfeiffer, an eminent
bacteriologist: DR.. Brieger, pupil Of DIR.
Koch. discoverer of the tuberculosis
bacillus, and himself the discoverer of the
ptomaine bacillus; DR.. Loeffier. discoverer
of the diphtheria bacillus, and Prof.
Strauss, head of the Jewish Hospital 1t
Berlin.
are also In the party. Dr. Franz Ullstein
of the German publishing firm of I'LL
stein Brothers, is one of the delegates.
While in this country he will make
special study of American newspaper
methods.
Cities Name Delegates.
To attend the congress 257 cities of the
United States have now named 524 ON
cial delegates Seventy-four other cities
have accepted the invitation to name rep
resentatives and only fifty-siv cities have
declined to be represented. This means.
it is asserted. the largest gathering Of
representatives of the public health de-
partments Of American cities ever held.
The state of Iowa leads all with repre-
sentatives from thirty,one cities New
York comes next. with delegates from
twenty-nne cities. The largest number
Of city delegates. however. will come from
the Empire state, the delegates from her
cities numbering eighty-six. In this re-
spect the state of Colorado stands sec
ond, with a total Of seventy-three dele
gates.
Cities in all Of the states of the Union,
with the exception Of Oregon. Wyoming
and West Virginia, have named repre-
sentatives to attend the gathering. In
many instances the mayors themselves
have signified their intention to represent
officially their cities. and In number OF
cases members Of the city council or
board Of aldermen have been designated.
In nearly every case the city health OFF,
Ger has been named as one OF the dele
gates.
Lectures on Sex Education.
Today's program at the lecture course
arranged in connection with the health
exhibit of the congress included a lecture
this morning on sex education by YER
non NJ. Cady of the American Federation
of Sex Hygiene. The lecture was deliv-
cred at IL o'clock in the exhibition build
ing and was illustrated with motion pic
lures in natural colors. The program for
the remainder Of the day follows:
Lecture at O'Clock on 1.-The Geological
Survey in Its Relation to Hygiene" by
DR.. r. B. Doe of the survey. lecture be-
ing illustrated.
From 2:3O to 3 O'Clock. series of motion
pictures on the following topics: Boil
the Water THE Awakening of John
Bond" .Midwinter Sports" The Red
nant Water and Hull House"
At O'Clock and again at O'Clock this
evening Mr.. Cadys lecture will be re- |
peated
noon. by DR.. l.. F. Kebler, chief Of the
DIVISION of drugs. Department of Agri-
culture. the speaker scored the pernicious
teachings and false claims of patent med
he severe on thise manufacturers of
whisky who claim their product Is cure
for tuberculosis.
Scores False Doctrines.
pure brands of whisky" said DIR. Keb-
Ter. Ito which no exception can be taken
on the ground that they are impure or
deleterious, work incalculable damage in
cases of tuberculosis. The evil is not in
the whisky. but in the false doctrine that
whisky. or anything like it, can hinder
the progress of tuberculosis
An exhibit OF a large number of patent
shown. together with chemical analyses
of the articles exhibited. A Well known
beauty cure" was shown by analysis to
contain large quantities Of salt of mer-
curry which, used continuously, is capable
OF producing malignant facial disfigure-
ments. Patent medicines that are widely
advertised were shown. by analysis.
either to be absolutely worthless or to
contain highly harmful habit-forming
drugs.
This exhibit is presented by the Amer
lean Medical Association, which FOR many
years has been active i'm Its campaign
against patent medicines OF all kinds.
Preceding Dr. kebler's lecture was
lecture by ]. L. Curtiss in which the Dis
trict Of Columbia filtration plant was de-
scrbed. DR.. Stewart Patton of Princeton
advocated the esta blishment In
Washington of a psychopathic clinic and
a mental hygiene society, declaring that
such agencies the distressing de-
tails attending the hearing of insanity
cases in public, as at present, would be
avoided
An interesting feature of the exhibit Is
the showing made by the United States
Navy, which has a completely equipped
ward Of q hospital such as each warship
has, and also a messroom and kitchen.
The model hospital is In charge Of Hos
pital Steward w. S. Blair, II. 8. N, while
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