The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
tuberculosis Is the Subject
Discussed at Meet
FORTY ONE ADDRESSES
Besides There Will Be Number
Of "C0nsuItation Tables"
For Delegates
Associated Press Dispatch

Louisville, KY, October 4.-Dele
gates from fourteen states of the
middle west gathered here today for
the opening sessions of the Missis-
sippi Valley Conference on Tubercu-
losis. The convention, which will last
three days, is the fourth meeting of
the conference which has for it's OBJ
jectS closer. relations between anti
tuberculosis agencies in the valley,
extension work of the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
Of tuberculosis and arousing "the
people of this valley to the need for
concerted action, both public and priS
yate" against the disease. Delegates
were here from North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Wis
consin, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio and
Indiana.
Two Sessions Each Day.
The sessions are to be morning
and afternoon each day supplement-
ed by luncheon and dinner meetings
of state delegations, officers of state
tuberculosis associations, visiting
nurses and representatives of sana-
toria. General sessions of the con-
ference will be sandwiched in be-
tween numerous consultation ia
bles," no fewer than fourteen of
these latter having five meetings
each in prospect. The general ses-
sions themselves have forty-one set
addresses on their programs and sew
eral business sessions of the dele
gates also are to be held. Because of
this congestion the time of all speak
ers have been limited o fifteen min
utes or less and discussions of the
various papers will be limited to five
minutes or less for each.
Consultation Tables.
The opening pragram began with
organizations of the fourteen "con-
sultation tables" the topics of these
set groups being: organization in
small communities, fresh air schools,
publicity, sanatorium construction,
sanatorium campaigns, maintenance
Of sanatoria, small exhibits, early di-
agnosis, Red Cross seals, finance
campaigns, arousing the small COM
munity, arousing the large commun-
ity, nursing and surveys. The organ
izations of these groups is to be kept
upon them the officers of the confer
ence will depend largely for free in
terchange of ideas among the dele
gates on details of the fight against
tuberculosis.
The first general session followed
the tables" and ninety minutes were
devoted to an illustrated symposium
of Tuberculosis Dispensary and Clin-
ic in Actual Operation" This con-
sisted of six papers of fifteen min
utes each by Miss Margaret K
Coady, supervisor of the visiting
nurse division of the tuberculosis
hospital of Louisville; Dr. Ethan A.
Gray, of the Chicago Fresh Air Hos
pital; Miss Marion Williamson, state
field nurse, Frankfort, Ky; Blaine
Mclaughlin, county attorney, New
port, KY; Charles Strull, secretary OF
the federated Jewish Charities of
Cincinnati, and Miss Florence L.
Hauswold, public health nurse of
Versailles, KY. A business session,
marked by the annual address of the
president of the conference, and re-
ports of officers, wound up the morn
ing program.
Other Papers on Program.
In the afternoon the program called
for paper on 1.-THE Human Side OF
the tuberculosis Problem" by DR..
George T. Palmer president of the
Illinois Association for the Proven
ton of tuberculosis, and sympos-
ium on Rural Problems" To the
latter, DR.. w. F. King, of the Indiana
state board of health; Miss Charlotte
Canduzor and Miss Helena Stewart,
public nurses of Grand Rapids, Mich,
and Columbus, o., respectively; DR..
Alfred Henry Of Indianapolis ana
Miss Elizabeth B. Kelly, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin are to contrib
ute.