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which have been projected for the years 1904-5. The multiplicity of these 

 various congresses and the similarity of their names lead naturally to great 

 confusion. 



"It is announced that a congress on tuberculosis is to be held in St. Louis in 

 October, 1904, under the name of 'International Congress on Tuberculosis.' 

 On careful inquiry I learned the following facts about this congress: Mr. 

 Francis, the president of the St. Louis Exhibition, has been approached by the 

 officers of the 'American Congress on Tuberculosis,' which was founded some 

 years ago by Clark Bell, a lawyer of the city of New York, to sanction the 

 holding of an international congress on tuberculosis in connection with the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. From a letter received from Dr. E. J. Barrick 

 of Toronto, Canada, the president of this congress, I learn that Mr. Francis 

 has appointed the above mentioned Mr. Clark Bell chairman of the committee 

 on organization. Mr. Clark Bell is also the treasurer and chairman of the exe- 

 cutive committee of the 'American Congress on Tuberculosis,' season 1903- 

 1904; a Mr. Samuel Bell Thomas, of 290 Broadway, New York, is the secretary 

 of the latter. The officers of the international congress are not yet elected. I 

 was desirous to learn the names of other medical men interested in this congress, 

 and Dr. Barrick very kindly wrote me November i6th that he had asked Mr. 

 Bell to furnish me the desired additional information, but nothing has thus far 

 been received. 



"The other international tuberculosis congress announced is the one to meet 

 in Washington, D. C., April, 1905. It is to be held under the auspices of 'The 

 American Congress on Tuberculosis for the Prevention of Consumption,' of 

 which Dr. Daniel Lewis, New York, is president, and Dr. George Brown, 

 Atlanta, Ga., is secretary. 



"I want to call attention to the difference in name of the two American 

 congresses, one is 'American Congress on Tuberculosis,' the other 'The Ameri- 

 can Congress on Tuberculosis for the Prevention of Consumption.' 



"The congress which was to meet under the name of ' Congress International 

 de la Tuberculose' at Paris from September 26 to October I, 1904, has been 

 recently postponed to the year 1905. The president of this congress is Pro- 

 fessor Brouardel, honorary dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. The 

 general secretary is Dr. M. Letulle, professor agrege of the Faculty of Medicine, 

 residing at 7 rue Magdebourg, Paris. 



"There will be held during the coming year independently of the above- 

 mentioned congresses two tuberculosis exhibitions, one in Baltimore and the 

 other in St. Louis. The Baltimore Tuberculosis Exhibition will be held in 

 January, 1904, under the combined auspices of the tuberculosis commission of 

 the Maryland Board of Health and the Maryland Public Health Association. 



"The other tuberculosis exhibition will be held in St. Louis, in connection 

 with the Exhibition of Social Economy and under the sub-section of hygiene, of 

 which Dr. J. N. Hurty, of Indianapolis, is superintendent. All indications 

 point toward success of both exhibits, and it is to be hoped that they will fulfil 

 their high purpose and at the same time be a credit to American physicians and 

 hygienists. 



