The Washington herald., 1915-09-16

I Genoa, DR.. Castelli was for some years
| a resident of this city. He first came to
| this country as the representative Of the
| Italian army and navy at the congress
of military surgeons Of the United STAT ss
He settled in Washington for a time,
later moving to New York. Two years
ago he was invited by the dean of the
royal faculty Of Genoa, Senator Marag-
| liza no. TO assist him in research work on
tuberculosis.
Having been formerly connected with
an institute for infectious diseases in
Berlin and the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
DR.. Castelli was we'll informed on ques-
| tions of biology. He was. in fact. the
man who explained to the New York
| Academy of Medicine in 1908 the tech
: ! nique and clinical Importance Of the
Wasserman reaction. He also initiated
| in New York the first laboratory for the
study of biological reaction.
His strong conviction that all prob
| lens concerning the treatment and pre-
vention of disease can only be solved
| by a thorough knowledge Of the bio
logical changes taking place in the dis
eased organisms. DIR. Castelli began his
work in Genoa by trying to obtain a
reliable and sure method Of serum dag
nosis. or diagnosis Of tuberculosis by a
blood test.
After Dr. Castelli concluded Mai. Will
lam ]. Lyster. Medical Corps. U. S. A.
read paper on the various methods
Of insuring clean drinking water to
soldiers and went into detail regarding
the methods now used on the battle
fields in Europe.
DR.. BloOdgood Speaks.
DR. Joseph Bloodgood described rec
concentrations made during the recent
first-aid conference in Washington at
tended by railroad and industrial sur
geons from all over the country and read
a resolution passed at that conference
calling for a general conference to in
clude military surgeons, to consider
standard first-aid packages and methods
of treatment. The recommendation was
discussed by DR.. W. c. Rucker of the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service.
The Prevention and Treatment Of
Tetanus' was the subject of paper
read by Lieut.. Alexius McGlannan, Med
ical Relief Corps. L. s. A.
A lively discussion was precipiated
by Mai. Gustavus NJ Blech. of the
Illinois National Guard. when he read
a paper on "A Scheme for the Sys-
tematic Training of National Guard
Officers" in which he advocated train
ing in map making, visibility calcu-
lations, and other technical problems
IOr the young O1nCers. The question
of the advisibility of teaching these
subjects before medical officer
reached the rank of major was raised
by Maj. H. l.. Gilchrist. Medical
Corps. L. S A. Maj. Blech's plan Of
study was defended by Maj. r. B.
Miller.
Women who are in Washington with
delegates were entertained yester-
day at keith's Theater. Mrs. W. c.
GorGas and Mrs. w. c. Braisted act
ing as hostesses.
The convention of Military Surgeons
was formerly closed yesterday after
noon.
Contributors to the expense fund for
the meeting of the Military Surgeons
other than members of the associa-
tion included Emile Berlinger, Dr.
Charles NJ. Richardson, Isaac Cans.
manager Saks & Co: DIR. Frank
Leech. Barbar & Ross. f. F. Droop &
Sons Co. s. Kann Sons & Co. The
Mckee Co. Inc, John Joy Wells. DR..
Walter A. Wells. Parker, Bridget
& Co.. Dulin & Martin. Surgeon l. W.
Kite. L. s N. retired, and Merck &
Co. New York City.