Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-18 | Page 8 | South American Delegates Here

SQUTH AMERICAN DELEGATES HERE One Will Experiment With Poisonous Snai.es Before Pan American Scl entif ic Congress NEW YORK Dec 1 Twenty four delegates from Paraguay Uruguay At gentma and Brazil who will represent their countries at the second Pan mer lean Sc ent f c congress to be held n Washington beinn ng December 9 reached here today on the steam h p estns from South American ports The party was n charge of Kobert r Jeff ry American mm ster to TJni gnay and was met by Ass stant bee retary of War Henry S Breckinridge and Dr Samuel Gold'chmidt of the Car negie In t tute for Med cal Research Among the delegates was Dr dal Brazil d rector of the Inst tute de B fantin of Sao Paulo Brazil Dr Bra zil is to give a special demonstrat on 1 of Ins experiments w th venomous L snakes conducted for the purpose of J determining an ant dote not only for I snake bite but to ascertain if snake I venom is effect ve as an agent in f counteracting the ravages of certain kj diseases of the human body S Dr Braz 1 brought with him a col R 'ectiou of twentv var et es of po son Sr cms snakes, whi h will be presented to a the New York zoological gardens after fK they ha e been exh b ted before the ( congress Mr Teffrv sad he was go n" to Washington before spend a the hoi clays at his home n Newport Ark