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prominently identified with various plaases of tlie campaign against the disease. 

 Accredited delegates were in attendance from every civilized country except 

 Japan, and in addition there were hundreds of visitors at the general sessions 

 and the exhibition. 



The congress as a whole dealt especially with human tuberculosis, but con- 

 siderable attention was directed to tuberculosis in domestic animals, and 

 notably to questions dealing with the milk and meat supply and with the 

 inspection of these products. One of the seven sections into which the congress 

 was divided devoted itself especially to these topics, and the general addresses 

 before the congress as a whole included a lecture by Prof. Bernard Bang, of 

 Copenhagen, Denmark, on Studies in Tuberculosis in Domestic Animals and 

 What We j\Iay Learn Regarding Human Tuberculosis. An extended discus- 

 sion followed the reaffirmation by Prof. Dr. Robert Koch, of Berlin, of his 

 theory as to the nonidentity and nontransmissibility of human and bovine 

 tuberculosis, after which a resolution was unanimously adopted recommending 

 " that preventive measures be continued against bovine tuberculosis and that the 

 possibility of the propagation of this to man be recognized." 



The very extensive exhibits from the various countries in America and 

 Europe attracted much attention, and presented a vast amount of illustrative 

 material of rare educational value. Phases dealing especially with the preven- 

 tion and treatment of the disease in its early stages predominated, there being 

 a great variety of models of sanitoria and special appliances, but there were 

 also shown a large number of devices designed to afford better housing, sanita- 

 tion, and food supply, many of which were of general application to everyday 

 life. A model dairy was operated daily, bacterial counts of about 800 per cubic 

 centimeter being repeatedly obtained under conditions believed to be within 

 easy access of the average producer. The Maryland College and Station 

 exhibited a model of a barn and feeding shed, and the Minnesota Station 

 presented charts and other material pertaining especially to the dissemination of 

 the disease. A collection of pathological material was shown by the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry of this Department, and the University of Wisconsin presented 

 an elaborate exhibit dealing especially with human tuberculosis. 



At the close of the congress a tour was made by many of the delegates to the 

 chief cities of the country for the purpose of inspecting the various hygienic 

 methods employed by boards of health, charitable institutions, and hospitals of 

 the various communities. Press reports announce that the exhibition is to be 

 transferred to New York City for an extended period. 



The next session of the congress is to be held in Rome in 1911. 



Philadelphia Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association. — The 

 foi'ty-fifth annual meeting of this association was held at the University of 

 Pennsylvania, September 7-11. A large number of papers were presented on 

 tuberculosis, glanders, Texas fever, cattle and sheep scabies, hog cholera, milk 

 inspection, veterinary education, and other topics. The final day was, as 

 usual, devoted to a surgical clinic, held at the veterinary school of the uni- 

 versity, at which a special feature was a lecture and demonstration by Dr. 

 Leonard Pearson- on epizootic lymphangitis, a disease hitherto almost unknown 

 in this country. 



The officers chosen included J. G. Rutherford, of Ottawa, veterinary director 

 general of the Dominion of Canada, as president; R. P. Lyman, of Hartford, 

 Conn., as secretary; and George R. White, of Nashville, Tenn., as treasurer. 



A meeting of the Association of Veterinary Faculties and Examining Boards 

 of North America, an affiliated organization, was also held in Philadelphia 

 September 7, at which after exteuded discussion a resolution was adopted 



