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Show Congress Asked for Money to Combat the "Flu" INFLUENZA killed 550,000 persons- in the United States. The doctors say there will be another epidemic sooner or later. The American Medical association in convention passed resolutions requesting congress to appropriate ja,ouu,uuu tor investigation of the cause and means of spread. Representative Repre-sentative Fess of Ohio lias introduced !i resolution in part as follows: "Whereas the recent influenza epidemic caused approximately 550.-300 550.-300 deaths in the United States; and "Whereas medical science is not yet in possession of complete data as to the cause, modes of transmission, prevention, and cure of litis disease snd its complications; therefore "Be it enacted, etc., That to en- able the public health service to investigate influenza and allied diseases in order to discover their causes and to prevent their spread, and for allotment of sums to universities, colleges, or other suitable research Institutions, as in the judgment of the secretary of the treasury are qualified for scientific research, re-search, for the purpose of discovering their causes and methods of prevention, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, and including pay and allowances of regular and reserve commissioned commis-sioned medical and sanitary personnel, and for medical and hospital supplies, printing, clerical services, and rent in file District of Columbia and elsewhere; transportation, freight, and such other expenses as may be necessary, including includ-ing the dissemination of such information to the public, there is appropriated, out of any money in the- treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500,000, available until expended." The resolution also sets forth that the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, and the secretary of the treasury are authorized and directed, respectively, to utilize jointly the personnel and facilities of the medical department of the army, the medical department of the navy and the public health service, so far as possible, in the investigation of the causes and methods of prevention of influenza and allied diseases. |