Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-10-06 | Page 3 | Gathered to Make War on Consumption

GATHERED TO MAKE WAR ON consumption paris oct 2 tile international tuberculosis congress vas opened today at the grand palace in the presence of president loubat tho cabinet ministers and the ambassadors over delegates were present ofle american delegation consists t dr henry bartos jacuba or boston dr S A knopf 0 now york dr lawrence F flick of philadelphia and medical inspector henry G boyer who represents the united states navy many other americans representing societies including ur arnold C klebs of chicago dr john a lowman of cleveland prof william osier professor of medicine at oxford and dr A J magnan and dr appert norton 0 paris wore present the opening address vas delivered by dr harold F french of the academy of medicine who was chosen president of the congress ho said that thirty three nations representing the entire civilized globe bad united to consider to most effective means of combating the worst human malady abo congress Is divided into four sections namely scientific social industrial du and historic dr henry G boyer made the preliminary report in both ot the american delegations president loubet bistod the corridors of the grand palace whore erected models of hospitals an typical sanitary and unsanitary dwellings models of the most resent devices tor treating tuberculosis mero also exhibited the congress will continue five days prague austria oct 2 several conflicts between and germans as a of race hatred have taken place here but they did not assume the serious proportions of the rioting at bruenn washington oct 2 A J fleming of one of the early advocates af mr roosevelt as presidential candidate has been appointed consul at stanbridge ont