16 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



culosis. Today it is universally conceded that the Review is in 

 every way equal, if not superior, to the veteran German journal. 

 The first number of The American Review of Tuberculosis appeared 

 in March, 1917, with Edward R. Baldwin, of Saranac Lake, as 

 editor-in-chief, and Allen K. Krause, of Johns Hopkins Hospital, 

 Baltimore, as managing editor. Lawrason Brown, H. R. M. 

 Landis, Paul A. Lewis, M. J. Rosenau, Henry Sewall, and Borden 

 S. Veeder complete the editorial staff; George Mannheimer is 

 abstract editor. The Review is now in its fifth year, and it is con- 

 stantly growing in excellence. Each number contains from four 

 to six original articles, often beautifully illustrated by original 

 ~ drawings or radiographic pictures. Besides the original articles, 

 the Review contains abstracts on tuberculosis and allied subjects 

 from all the leading medical journals of the world. 



The first endowed institute for the study, treatment, and pre- 

 vention of tuberculosis was founded in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1903. 

 It owes its existence to the well-known philanthropist, Mr. 

 Henry Phipps, of New York. This Institute is now a part of the 

 University of Pennsylvania. The story of its foundation is an 

 interesting one, and shows how enthusiasm for a great cause 

 seldom remains unrewarded. The Institute was conceived by 

 Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, who was about to start a tuberculosis 

 clinic with a total backing of $1,000, when he met Mr. Henry 

 Phipps and discussed the venture with him. Mr. Phipps at 

 once offered to underwrite a much more extensive enterprise to 

 be aimed at the extermination of tuberculosis. On February i, 

 1903, the Institute began work in an old remodeled building 

 equipped with 52 beds, a small laboratory, and facilities for 

 operating a large dispensary. During the ten years that fol- 

 lowed its work was so successful that Mr. Phipps not only agreed 

 to continue his support, but also supplied funds for the purchase 

 of land and the erection of the splendid building in which the 

 Institute is now housed. Dr. Flick, the moving spirit in the 

 founding of the Institute, resigned as director in 1909. In order 

 that the standing of the Institute might be assured and the 

 integrity of the enterprise guaranteed, it was placed in charge 

 of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on July I, 1910, 

 with the understanding that Mr. Phipps would be responsible 



