The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-24
MODERN METHODS
 OF TREATING WHITE
 PLAGUE DISCUSSED
Large Attendance at Tuber- culosis COnference-Pres- ident Lyman Makes
 Stirring Address

The fifth annual meeting of the Southern Tuberculosis conference was commenced at 9:30 yesterday morn ing at the Tutwiler, and will continue ] throughout today. There were over 100s present yesterday and fully that many more are expected to register | this morning. Representatives are present from Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee.
 The meeting is being conducted un- der the joint auspices of the National Tuberculosis association and the Ala bama Anti-Tuberculosis league and is for the purposes of discussing matters of special interest to the southern states. of obtaining aid for the local association from the national organi- zation and to provide a meeting place for those who are unable to attend the annual meetings. Much of the speak | ing is in relation to the vast improve , ments and important discoveries brought to light by the war. and the great benefit to be derived by the adoption of these new ideas and meth ods in civilian institutes.
 Dr. B. l.. Wyman, president of the 1 Alabama Anti-Tuberculosis league, presided over the evening conference, l and Dr. David R. Lyman, president of 1 the national association, was the first | speaker. Dr. Lyman gave a striking contrast of the methods pursued and conditions in existence in the French | and American military tuberculosis | camps.
 FRENCH STATION l He told of visiting a French station. where he found a superior sister and a dozen untrained nurses taking care of several hundred French soldiers who were afflicted with the disease. Naturally. and through no fault of the good sisters, the patients were not progressing rapidly. and the nurses were much overworked.
 Then he said. i've visited one of the American camps. Here all was ef- ficiency and cleanliness, and the most up to-date methods know to the med- cal world were in use. Every group of 30 patients had four doctors and these four had practfoneer even more skilled than they to rely upon in difficult cases. Over all the units there was a doctor whose long ex- i perience and knowledge qualified him
 for such high position None other than trained nurses were used in the camp. and, thanks to the self -sacri- , ficing American women, there was no l lack of these angels of mercy in any of the several camps"
 | One of the most enjoyable features of the evening was the talk by Captain North of the tuberculosis camp at l Oteen, N. C.. who gave an interesting account of the life at the camp He said that one of the most difficult fea- lures of the work was that of inter- esting the patients in some form of endowment
 EMPLOYMENT FOR PATIENTS |, IT they do not have employment" he said they will become morose and
 homesck, but the difficult part of the
 matter is the form of employment They | cannot be given regular employment,
 as though they were well men, and it
 is hard to get them interested in things | they have never thought of before. y You would be surprised at the skill land ability some of them display when i they try their hand at something they
 had never thought of attempting be- 1 fore. We have an Italian boy who had | never seen a clay mold before. He
 his hands. and in a short while had
 as good clay model of the speakers head as I have ever seen.
 "We also have schools in telegraphy,
 shoe repairing, which is a very lucra- | tive employment just now (much laugh
 ter from the audience), photography
 and many other branches of industry | | able to pursue.
 1 We are turning out well and sound
 men every month, and our average ca 1 pacity is 1900 men at time During the three months preceding the holidays
 we had only six deaths, and these were
 partially due to the epidemic of in- l fluenza." | There were also interesting speeches
 by T, B. Kidner and Paul l.. Benjamin
 A very interesting reel showing views 1 of camp life at some of tlIe stations
 was shown in conclusion.
 PROGRAMME TODAY The following programme will be
 rendered this morning:
 | 9:00-Round table, Public, Health
 Nursing" Miss Jane Van Deverde. 1 11:00-Round table, Red Cross Home
 Service Care of the Tuberculosis Sol diers,'' Harry l.. Hopkins.
 | 12:30--Luncheon; discussion of the Modern Health Crusade" Miss Mary A | Abel
 2:o0-"The Tuberculosis Negro"
 Health Education of the Negro Dr. F. A. Mckenzie.
 Organization of Negroes" Miss R osa Lowe.
 Special Hospital Provision for Ne groes," Dr. Charles J. Hatfield
 Health Organization and Education Among the Negroes of North Carolina With Special Reference to Tubercu- iosis" Dr. l.. B. McBrayer.
 4:30---Automobile ride.
 l Following are the officers of the as-
 sociation
 1 President, Bolton Smith, Memphis | vice presidents lone for each state). pr l T. F. Abercrombie, Atlanta; Dr. G
 Farrar Patton, New Orleans; Mrs. Ed mund. Taylor, Greenville, Miss; Mrs Cuthbert Martin, Wilmington, N. C.. John P. Thomas, Jr, Columbia, s. C.. | Mrs. c. D. Sullivan. Nashville: S. H i Oliver, Lafayette; Mrs. Charles Schafer
 Little Rock; Harry l.. Brown, St. Au-
 gustine, Fla. Mrs. Desha l.. Brecken-
 ridge, Lexington. Ky; Secretary Rev George Eaves, D. D., Birmingham.
 Local committee of arrangements Judge William F. Fort, Rabbi NJ. New field, Mrs. c. B.. Spencer. Dr. J. H Phillips, Miss Kate Rodgers, Rev. W N. Claybrook, J. C. Henley, Jr., Rev George Eaves, Charles l.. Harold. STIRRING ADDRESS
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