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in Philadelphia on March 28, 1904, under the auspices of the 

 Henry Phipps Institute, the immediate occasion being a lecture 

 by Professor Maragliano, of Italy, which was read in his absence. 

 Dr. William Osier presided at this meeting and Dr. Henry Bar- 

 ton Jacobs of Baltimore, served as secretary. After a full dis- 

 cussion by the entire group of about 100 physicians and laymen, 

 the following resolution, presented by Dr. Flick, of Philadelphia, 

 and seconded by Dr. Forchheimer, of Cincinnati, was unani- 

 mously adopted : 



"Resolved, That we here assembled do now organize ourselves into a United 

 States Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis." 



Besides providing for a constitutional committee, the group 

 also voted that 



"It is the sense of this meeting that the committee call us together for 

 organization at Atlantic City during the week of the meeting of the American 

 Medical Association" (June, 1904). 



The committee appointed by the chair consisted of Drs. Ed- 

 ward L. Trudeau, Hermann M. Biggs, Lawrence F. Flick, Wil- 

 liam H. Welch, and General George M. Sternberg, together with 

 the chairman, Dr. William Osier, and secretary, Dr. Henry 

 Barton Jacobs, as ex-officio members of the committee. This 

 committee met at the home of Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, of New 

 York, some weeks later, when an organization under the name of 

 " National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tubercu- 

 losis" was suggested. This name was chosen so as to make it 

 distinctive from the other organizations in the field. Only re- 

 cently, after the death of Mr. Clark Bell, and with him all that 

 was left of his former organization, was the much more simple 

 name of "National Tuberculosis Association" adopted. The 

 committee at its meeting at Dr. Biggs' home formulated a con- 

 stitution and by-laws which, on Monday, June 6, 1904, at the 

 meeting in Atlantic City, were adopted by a large group of 

 physicians and laymen interested in tuberculosis. The objects 

 of the new society were stated to be: (i) The study of tubercu- 

 losis in all its forms and relations. (2) The dissemination of 

 knowledge about the causes, treatment, and prevention of tu- 

 berculosis. (3) The encouragement of the prevention and 

 scientific treatment of tuberculosis. 



