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Show visibly impressed with the dangers of the continuous spread of the disease dis-ease through animals afflicted and from other causes. Likewise the no-, cessity of precautiops and prevents tives was fully realljcd. History of Disease. Tho meeting vos called lo order bv the piesldent. Dr.' John F. Critch-low, Critch-low, who briefly Wated the object of the gathering, and upon motion of Dr. E. W. Whitney all reading of minutes of previous meetings, as well as any business of :he society. were dispensed with, and the program of the evening was carried out. , j Dr. Phllo T. Jons gae the first pap;r, tracing the lilslory and distribution distri-bution of the dread disease from the ' earliest days of Mrlent civilization down to the present. Dr. Clarence Snow gave in his paper pa-per th? causes of the disease, and dls-I dls-I cussed the baclll'15. His paper was ' followed with s'.r-eoptlcon views, i showing all the bacflll of the disease. wlth enlarged pictuies of organs diseased, dis-eased, as well as terms and bacilli of other diseases. Dr. nidges gave i paper on manifestation mani-festation and growt.i of the disease, dealing Intelligently with the genus of Infection. To Prevent Tuberculosis. The paper of Dr. T. B Boatty dealt with piccautlonary and preventative measures, being a veil prepared and condensed report ol bis previous arguments ar-guments as health commissioner in preventing the spread of contagious and other diseases. At the conclusion of the papers the secretary read a communication from the Federation of 'Women's Clubs asking ask-ing the co-operatlor of the society in securing the passage of ft law preventing pre-venting expectoration in street cars and providing fine therefor, half the fines to go to the r:ty and half to the street car conductor making the arrest. ar-rest. Or, motion this was laid over until the. next buMness meeting of the society. DOCTORS WACE WAR OH TUBERCULOSIS Salt Lake Physicians Discuss Disease in Open Meeting. Salt l ake, March L The regular monthly meeting of tbe Salt Lake County Medical toclety, held In Barrett Bar-rett hall Monday evening, was an open session. In line with the widespread wide-spread interest takep-by the publlc all over the country In the question of the rapidly-growing danger, of-berculojiy., of-berculojiy., the society announced -that the quertloa would b discussed in all Its phates and the public , generally was co:dlally invited to attnd. .-;! A rather llrult?i number accept , the invitation and the. regret of this 1 apathy on the pari -of the public wan evidently felt by the medical . men , present, and was. referred -to n ttcv- : ural lust unces from-th wapd. - The mcctirii. was on Interacting one I frcm every BtaudX:nt, and while the papers were all of a, scientific nature, the diseases, Its causes, growth, de-, velopment and 'preventatives' wre full7 set forth, and tbe audience was |