Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-25
TUBERCULOSIS
i CONFERENCE
Disease Specialists Present at
All Day Session Held Here
Saturday

The third annual meeting OF the
New Jersey Joint Conference on Tu-
berucloSis was held all day Saturday
in the Y. NJ. c. A. under the auspices
of the New Jersey Anti-Tuberculosis
League and the Middlesex County
Anu-Tuberculosis League. Ther
were many tuberculosis specialists
present and delegates from all over
the state attended the meetings.
The conference was divided into
three sections and w. l.. Kinkaid pre-
sided at all Of them.
The morning session. called the So
Geological section, convened from ten
to Twelve. Miss Il. j.. Allen of Jersey
City, superintendent of the Hudson
County clinics, spoke on the Home
Care OF tuberculosis" and DIR. ). Is.
English of Glen Gardner. gave a pa
per on New Jersey and Its Policy
Regarding State and County Aid" The
work with discharged soldiers was al
so discussed likewise the Red Cross
Christmas roll call.
! The annual meeting was held from
1880 till 2 o'clock and the reports OF
the various committees were read and
officers for the ensuing year were
elected. A.. w. MacDougall OF New
ark. superintendent OF the Bureau OF
Associated Charities, made an address
on Taking the Supervision of County
Institutions Out of Politics."
The Clinical section met from 1880
TO . o'clock and the principal feature
OF that session was the discussion. In
which many prominent doctors took
part. OF the tuberculosis problem in
childhood. II was brought out how
important the diagnosing of children
wos. 50 as to take al. measures to
! stop the disease before 1t secured a
grip on the patients. The Importance
OF using milk was discussed as a pre-
tentative for the tuberculosis bacili.
DIR. NJ. J. Fine OF Newark. brought OUT
the necessity OF accuracy in the dag
| nosing OF tuberculosis. DIR. c. /. Silk
OF this city. addressed the conference
on the Importance of maintaining
clinics and taking care OF patients aft
err Examination.
Lieut.. c.. p. Curtis of the L. s. Med
ical Corps, told how the army took up
the tight against disease and of the
simple methods that are employed in
diagnosing cases. He said that q de-
crease in incipient cases was very ap-
parent in the army. NJ. w. NewcomD
of Camp Dix. gave a paper on the
Standards Fol- Diagnosis of Pulmon-
airy tuberculosis in the Army"
Dinner was served at the Packer
House for all the delegates, after
w - - - ~ - aAe3hs -
the National tuberculosis association.
made an address on Tuberculosis and
the Red ross" The executive COM
mittee of the league held their meet
ing after the dinner.
Special interest vas conferred In the
general meeting which was held from
eight TO ten in the evening. Several
doctors, who are we'll known in the
medical world, gave addresses and a
n AppI 1faahEafnta tool nInnn Nv T.
Kinkaid made the opening address
and told of the manifold problems
that were to be solved along the tuber-
culosis line. DR.. X. Dickinson, presi-
dent Of the Hudson County tubercu-
losis hospital. spoke on the import
enc of maintaining tuberculosis hos
pitfalls. He said that in order to nav
the hospitals successful the confidence
of the people must be secured. lie
also said that the boards OF education
should see hat the children were
taught the principles OF sanitation and
hygiene.
DIR. A. X. Krause. editor of the
American Review of tuberculosis,
brought up many aspects OF the prob
lens involved in fighting the disease
and told how they might be solver. He
and told how they might be solved. He
checked in its earliest stages, because
most infection is found in the young.
He said that the tuberculosis mortality
rate had been on the decrease for a
quarter of a century.