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categorically, but it may be emphasized that the more detailed 

 the laboratory studies in infection and immunity, the greater 

 the assistance to the student in obtaining a grasp of the subject 

 and hence the more intelligent the application which he will make 

 of the knowledge obtained, to the problems in clinical medicine 

 and therapeutics. 



If the medical student were to receive instruction in general 

 bacteriology in his premedical course, it would be possible to 

 devote more time to clinical bacteriology and its application to the 

 diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease during his medi- 

 cal course. Colleges and universities should therefore be equipped 

 to give courses in general and special bacteriology to students in 

 the premedical, the arts and sciences, and the sanitary engineer- 

 ing courses, as well as to science students in the graduate school. 

 Besides courses in general bacteriology, more advanced courses 

 should be offered, especially in the bacteriology of water and 

 sewage, in dairy bacteriology, in agricultural bacteriology, in do- 

 mestic science bacteriology and in sanitary science bacteriology. 



It is evident that if the knowledge to be gained through a 

 course in general bacteriology were more widely diffused amongst 

 persons in all walks of life, there would be far less credence given 

 to the extravagant and false claims of the horde of quacks and 

 faddists who are now preying upon an ignorant and credulous 

 public. The light of truth alone can reheve us of the depredations 

 of those who claim to practice those "isms" that have been 

 raised up because of the general ignorance of mankind. 



In order to further the development of bacteriology and to 

 extend the teaching of the subject to students of the biological 

 sciences, it would be desirable for this Society to organize a 

 teaching section for the discussion of problems in the teaching 

 of bacteriology at each annual session. Through the interchange 

 of views and the discussion of the principles of teaching the sub- 

 ject, the science of bacteriology, as well as education in general, 

 would reap great benefit. 



