The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
1000 PHYSICIANS
TO DISCUSS ILLS
international Medical Con.
gress win Bring Together
Most Famous Doctors.
STARTS ON WEDNESDAY
All Troubles Of Mortal Flesh viii Be
Discussed and Every Country
Represented.

London. Aug. a-Nearly every Ill which
human flesh is heir to Is to be discussed
at the seventeenth annual meeting oi
the International Medical Congress, which
assemblies at Albert Hall next Wednes'
daH
Seven thousand Of the worlds most
famous doctors are to be present. some
thing without parallel in the history oi
medicine. The program is encyclopedia
There will be 697 ''demonstrauons' show
ing new methods Of treatment for
various ailments.
Doctors from every quarter of the
slobe-even from far-off Kores-will be
present. Besides Great Britain ard her
colonies, Austria-Hungaria. Belgium
France. Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan,
Norway, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland
Turkey. and the United States will be
represented.
Five official languages, English, French,
German. Italian. and technical jargon
only understood by the doctors, will be
used during the meetings Of the congress
IT is thirty-two years since the last con-
gress was held in London, and the execu-
tive committee has spent three years in
preparing for the present one.
Twenty-Six Sections.
After the official opening by Prince
Arthur of Connaught on Wednesday next.
DR.. Chauffard, of Paris, will give the
first general address on medicine.
One of the earlier topics to be discussed
on the opening day is that on dermatolo-
gy, which will take place at St Thomas
Medical School. This forms one of the
most absorbing topics in medical science.
and all the worlds greatest experts are
interested in the proposed discussion.
In all there will be twenty-six sections
to the congress. a majority of which will
meet in the mammoth building in South
kensington.
Another topic. around which interest
centers is the treatment OF tropical dis
eases, and much new light is expected
10 be thrown on the subject by Dr. S.
Kitasato. of Japan, and Maj. w. G. Lis
ton, of the Indian Medical Service, while
the dreaded sleeping sickness prevalent
in Africa is another subject in this de-
rartment which is bound to excite popu-
lar, as well as professional. interest.
Vivisection will be discussed on Thurs
day. and a resolution condemning the
anti-vivisection movement is expected to
be put forward as an international decla-
ration of faith.
Prof Harvey Cushing, of Harvard Uni
versity. delivers the general address on
surgery on Thursday. and the great Ger
man professor, Ehrlich, of Frankfort.
treats of pathology.
Heredity One Subject.
On Friday there will be a joint session
of the anatomy section. when a discus
sion will be had on the muscular system
of the heart.
"Heredity" will be handled by Prof. W.
Bateson. Fellow of the Royal Society, on
Monday.
or the more popular subjects. the vari-
ETY. may be guessed from the fact that
n
impressionism in art. DIR. Wilcox prom
ises paper on poisoning by veronei. and
DIR. Jennings one on the hypodermic drug
habit. Another will be a paper on the
affection of the eyes caused by undue
exposure to the light, while in pathology
the problem of shocks, treatment of
tumor. and of the brain will be dis
cussed.
The orthopaedic section will have a
paper OF tuberculosis joints in childhood.
Other subjects include cause and pre-
vention of suicide, injuries caused by
motoring. and postmortem examinations
by the State in every case of death.
The physichology of crime. infant NOR
tality. which is considered so important
as to have a section to itself. and visual de-
fccts of school children are all among
those to be discussed in the different
sections of the congress.
Discuss NnpOleon's Death.
Two doctors have promised to deal
with Napoleon's last illness. while in
the animal world some thrilling rela-
tions are promised IN regard to the
respiratory centers of the duck and
frog. kidney and stomach trouble in rats
and cancer in mice.
Suffrasists will be interested in the |
latest discoveries in blood TRANSMISSION, |
while the effects Of dust created by |
passing motors on sufferers from pull |
monary troubles will also be dealt with |
DR.. Herringham, the general secretary |
of the congress, said none but experts |
are expected to attend the meetings, as |
the subject matter and the manner of |
its presentation will be too technical |
for others To understand