Evening star., 1937-12-26
SCIENTIST MAPS
BUGF0ES Of MAN
Bactefio|ogists Gather Here
Tuesday to Tell Advance
in War on Disease.

World leaders in the fight against
mans worst enemy, the invisible little
bugs" responsible for a great ma
jority of human diseases, will gather
in Washington Tuesday with the OPEN
ing meetings of the Society of Amer
lean Psychologists.
Approximately 100 papers will be
presented in the three-day session,
telling of the latest advances in iden-
tifying and fighting these minute one
celled organisms which usually can be
seen only under a powerful micro
scope.
One of the exhibits arranged is a
series of death maps prepared under
the direction of DR.. Earle B. McKin-
ley. dean of the George Washington
University School of Medicine, show
ing the exact distribution of the
enemy forces during 1887. These maps
show graphically the concentration
points of various diseases, it is pointed
out by DR.. Mckinley.
Typhus in Peanut Belts.
Typhus fever, for example, is found
chiefly in the South along the lines
followed by the peanut crop. The
germ Of the disease is spread by rat
aeas, DR.. Mckinley said Peanuts are
a favorite food Of rats. Consequently,
wherever peanuts are grown the dis
ease is likely to appear.
Malaria. almost eliminated for the
rest of the country, still exists in enor-
nous concentration around the So
called lime sinks of the Southern
States, which afford ideal breeding
grounds for mosquitoes. Such mall
aides as smallpox and diphtheria,
which could be wiped out with pres
ent-day knowledge, are shown in
heavy concentration in some parts of
the country.
One of the surprising features of
the exhibit is the seriousness of whoop-
ing cough. Ordinarily not regarded
as a serious disease. DR.. McKinley's
maps show the Nation literally black
with dots representing whooping
cough deaths.
Motion Picture Exhibit.
Another exhibit arranged for the
bacteriologists consists of moving pic
lures of Is cases of disease known as
Japanese Bencephalitis. to be shown
by Dr. L. T. Webster of the Rocke-
feller Institute Of Medical Research.
This disease is often confused with
the American form of sleeping sick
ness.
The headquarters of the convention
will be at the Mayflower, where the
following round tables will be held:
On poliomyelitis, Chinese room at
. pm, Tuesday, December %, DR..
E. w. Schultz presiding, assisted by
DR.. A, B. Sabin. Speakers will in
clude w. L. Aycock. c. w. Jungeblut.
P. K. Olitsky, J. R. Paul and j. d.
TraSk.
On bacteriophagy, presidential room
at pm, Tuesday, December %, DR..
j. Bronfenbrenner presiding, assisted
by DR.. L. A. Sandholzer. Speakers
will include P. Beard, j. Craigie. R.
F. Feemster, P. Levine, w. MacNeal.
K. Meyer, j. H. Northrop, E. w,
Schultz and R. p Tittsler.
On coliform bacteria, Pan-American
room at 8 pm, Tuesday, December
28, DR.. L. w. Parr presiding. Speak
ers will include E. r. Kitchener, L, A.
Jullanelle, G. D. Norcum, j. F. Nor
ton, c. A. Perry, L. R. Seidman. C.
N. Stark, C-E. A. Winslow and M
w. Yale.
On the history of food bacteriology.
north committee room. at 8 pm,
Tuesday, December %, Dr.. E. H. Par
nit presiding. Speakers will include
E. G. Hastings, F. c. Prescott, L. A.
Rogers and c. Thorn.
The following committee of local
doctors Is in charge of ARRANGEMENTS:
Chairman, Earl B. Mckinley, George
washington University: vice chair
men, Lore A. Rogers, A. Parker
Kitchens, Alice c. Evans; secretary.
Leland w. Parr; treasurer, Albert c.
Hunter; c. Armstrong, Ida A. BenRt
son, L. A. Black, Sara E. Branham.
E. j. Cameron, H. R. Curran G. g..
DeBord, g. c. Durham, Bernice Eddie,
H. E. Goresline, J. H. Hanks, L. H.
James, M. Mollari, j. E. Noble, Mar
garet Pittman, A. F. Roe, Edythe Rose,
H. w. Schoening, H. Smith, r. r..
Spencer. w. Stone, G. Thorn, r. c.
Thomas, Evelyn B. Tilden, Elizabeth
Verder.