New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-09
BRITISH DOCTORS FIND
TEMPERANCE SPREADING
Improvement Is Particularly
Noticeable Among Officers
and Men of Army and Navy.
CAUSE OF BERl.BERI
DR.. w. L. Braddon Says It Is
Due to Eating Rice Deprived
of Alfurone on It's
Surface.

London, Aug. S-The very remarkable
spread OF temperance in the British Isles
In every rank OF society was testified
TO by Sir Thomas Barlow. president OF
the International Medical Congress. in
speech delivered to several hundred
doctors of various nationalties al a
breakfast given to-day In their honor by
the National Temperance League in the
Grafton Galleries.
Sir Thomas said that a great improve
ment in this respect had taken place in
the army and navy. where the young
officers were setting a good example 10
their men. There had also been an
enormous change among the commercial
classes. while the use OF alcohol in hos
pitfalls and by medical men generally had
greatly decreased.
The president made an appeal to the
doctors present to endeavOr 10 check tire
consumption OF indicated wines, all OF
which he said. were mischevious
Professor Henry Koplik OF New York.
read q paper on infant mortality. and
Professor Robert Williamson Lovett. Of
Boston. one on the treatment OF curvature
Of the'spine
Dr. shirayama. OF Toxic, at the meet
ing Of the section devoted TO tropical
medicine asserted that students OF the
disease OF beri-beri had been unable TO
discover the cause OF the malady He had
come 10 the conclusion that II the disease
was caused by deficiency Of n certain
kind OF nutriment there was no reason
why II should not occur among other
peoples than those OF the Far East.
Dr. ". L. Braddon. OF England. de-
clarcd that beri-beri was due 10 the use
OF rice which had been deprived OF its
surface layer OF cells containing aIfurone.
lie recommended the abolition Of quaran-
tine for the disease. which had been
proved non-infectious.
The principal social function OF the day
was a brilliant reception rendered by the
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress at
the Guildhall tonight to delegates from
all parts OF the world who are members
OF permanent commissions
Inc degrees Of the newly constituted
American College OF Surgeons. whose first
convocatlon is 10 be held at Chicago O,
November 10. are TO be presented ID Sir
Hickman John Godee. president Of the
British Royal College OF Surgeons. who
to-day accepted an invitation handed 10
him by delegation OF distinguished
American surgeons. The delegates were
Franklin n. Martin Chicago. secretary
OF the American College. John benjamin
Murphy. Chicago; George Emerson Brew
ct New York George ". Grille. Cleve-
land. and William J. Mayo. Rochester.
Mimi
Chicago. Aug s-The American College
Of Surgeons was organized az national
medical congress held last MAY In Wash
lngion. along the lines OF The British
Royal College OF Surgeons. TO elevate
the standard Of surgery on the American
continent" II is not a school Of sur
gery. but an association embracing the
leading surgeons Of the United states and
Canada.
Hundreds OF applications have already
been received FOR the fourteen hundred
fellowships to be bestowed By the new
organization at It's first convocation in
Chicago on November g. Or. J. NJ. T.
Finney. OF Baltimore. is president OF the