The Washington herald., 1913-11-14
SAVANTS TO TALK
BABIES WELFARE
Congress Of Association to
Prevent Infant Mortality
to Open Today.
SESSIONS END MONDAY
Many Of the Most Prominent Phyi-
clans and Social Workers Of
United States IN Capital.
SESSIONS END MONDAY

Eminent medical sayants, representing
the country's great universities and its
national, municipal. and State health
services, prominent social workers from
most Of the larger cities and many OF the
leading eugenists and authorities on in
iant nursing are assembled In Washing
ton today for the fourth annual meeting
of the American Association for the
study and Prevention Of Infant Mortality
What Is BEST to do for the preservation
and health Of the American baby is a
question the association will decide be-
tween today and Monday evening. The
congress will open at the Willard this
morning at II o'clock. Nursing and
social Work" will be the general topic
Of discussion.
Miss Fannie Clement. Red Cross SUPER
intendent Of Rural Nurses of the District,
VIII deliver an address at the session on
Infant Mortality Nursing Problems in
Rural Communities" Miss Zoe La
Fargo. superintendent of nurses, Babies
Milk Fund Association of Detroit, Mich,
ana Miss M. Frances Etchberger SUPER
intendant OF nurses, Babies Milk Fund
Association OF Baltimore. Nd, will also
make addresses at the morning session
AT the conclusion of the addresses a
round table conference for the discussion
of other practical problems will be held
unoer the direction of Miss Minnie
Aherns, superintendent of the Infant Well
rare Society Of Chicago, Ill.
Capital Man to TaIk.
DR.. J. W. schereschewsky, of the Pub
lib Health Service. will be one Of the
principal speakers at the afternoon ses-
sion. when that section of the association.
which has as its duty the study of
Pediatrics." assemblies. DR.. Seheres-
chewsky will take as his subject, Heat
and Infant Mortality"
special attention Is called to the session
TO be held Sunday afternoon at the
Church Of Our Father, when addresses
VIII be made by DR.. Mary Sherwood, Of
baltimore. on THE Community and In
fant Welfare;" DR.. William c. Wood
ward: Health oficer Of the District, and
III. Iy =. ID: Mason Knox, Of the Johns
Hopkins University.
Many Authorities Here.
Among the authorities here are:
Dr' Fritz b. Talbot, Boston, Mass: Dr.
Henry L. Colt. Newark, N. j.. DR.. Gavin
Fulton. Louisville, KY; Dr. H. J. Gers
tenberger. Cleveland. Ohio; DR.. T. Wood
Clark, Utica, N. Y; DR.. II. L. K. Shaw,
Albany, n. Y; DR.. Philip Van Ingen, New
YORK City; DIR. S. Josephine Baker, New
YORK City; DR.. Helen MacMurchy, To-
ronto' Canada; DR.. T. B. Cooley, Detroit, |
Mich; DR.. /. A. Abt, DR.. Henry +. Helm
holz. Chicago, ILL.,; DR.. whitridge Will
lams, DR.. John Rowland, DR.. i'll. |
Mason Knox, jr-, DR.. c. Hampson Jones, |
DR.. John $. Fulton. DR.. Lillian Welsh, Bal |
timore, Md: DR.. Mary Sherwood, DIR.
Helen c. Putnam. Providence, r. l.; DR..
E. t. Lobedan, Milwaukee, Wis; DR.. W, |
s. Rankin. Raleigh. N. c.; Dr. Joseph
y. Porter, jr., Tallahassee. Fla; DR.. +.
w. Schultz, Minneapolis. Mimi; Dr. ]. |
c. Palmer Syracuse. n. Y; George F.
Bedinger. Boston, Mass; Albert Cross,
Edward d. Solenberger. Philadelphia,
Pa; DR.. A. B. Emmons, DR.. James Lin
coin Huntington, Mrs. William Lowell
Putnam. Boston. Mass.
Nurses Attending Congress.
Among the nurses organizations identi-
fed with the association are the AmerI-
can Nurses Association, the National
League OF Nursing Education, the State
associations Of Maryland. Georgia, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, New York. andsOhio, the
Visiting Nurse Associations of Columbus.
Cleveland. Cincinnati. Denver, Detroit,
Elizabeth, Eau Clair, Milwaukee, ST
Louis, and Waterbury. Representatives
of some Of these organizations will take
part in the meeting. including Miss NJ A.
Sutting, New York City; Miss Clara z.
Newark, Y. J.; Miss Elizabeth
Shaver, Louisville. KY; Miss E. Heikkila,
Duluth. MINI; Hiss Minnie H. Ahrens,
Chicago, H.; Miss Alice NJ. Cheney, Bos- ,
on, Mass; Miss Alice Hall, Providence, i
R. l.: Mrs. Ada S. Stokes, Cincinnati, {
ohio; Miss Sarah E. Halsey. Detroit, 9
Mich; Miss Harriet L. Leete, Cleveland,
ohio: Miss NJ. Frances Etchberger, Balti- ,
more, Md. and Miss Zoe La Fargo, De- :
roit Mich.