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gress in Paris, and it should be composed of good men from each state. That 

 we could do during the Baltimore meeting. The Maryland Medical Journal is 

 the one in which the letter should also be published." 



Dr. Edward G. Janeway, Professor of Medicine of Bellevue 

 Medical College, wrote: 



"NEW YORK, December 25, 1903. 



"I think that the ground which you have taken as regards the American 

 International Congress on Tuberculosis is correct. Any such body to be suc- 

 cessful must originate in a desire to accomplish good results for the victims of 

 tuberculosis, and must be so constituted as to have the confidence of the medi- 

 cal profession. Moreover the true status of these organizations may be tested 

 by the attitude of their officers towards a movement such as you indicate, which 

 will endeavor to unite under such leadership as will have medical and lay sup- 

 port, those who earnestly desire to conduct a combat against this dread disease. 

 The judgment of Solomon may thus have an analogy in this warfare of inter- 

 ests." 



Dr. Arnold C. Klebs, of the Committee on the Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis of the Visiting Nurse Association in Chicago, wrote 

 as follows: 



"CHICAGO, December 12, 1903. 



"Your letter of recent date makes unnecessary a step which I contemplated 

 and which coincides with yours entirely. I hope you will be successful to get 

 the chief men together in Baltimore. I shall, of course, come. If I may sug- 

 gest something in regard to this meeting, I believe it would be wise to call only 

 a few men, not more than 15 or 20. I think it would expedite matters and 

 facilitate a national understanding. Our attitude toward these tuberculosis 

 congresses is really of secondary importance. The formation of a Central Com- 

 mittee seems to me more important than anything else. At any rate, I am 

 with you in anything of that kind." 



Dr. Edward O. Otis, of Boston, wrote: 



" I read your letter on Tuberculosis Congresses and Exhibits and thank you 

 most heartily for enlightening us all upon this mixed matter. I approve 

 heartily of your suggestion of the meeting in Baltimore, and, as far as I know 

 now, I think I can be present on the evening of January 28th." 



Because of the good standing of some of the men connected with 

 the "American Congresses," and in order to be just and fair, 

 the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association 

 sent the manuscript of the letter and of his editorial approving 

 of it to a number of men well known for their high medical and 

 ethical standing, asking for an unbiased opinion. As a result 



