ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 3 1 



Otis, Mazyck P. Ravenel, Arnold C. Klebs, John N. Hurty, and 

 Mr. Edward T. Devine. 



The board of directors was empowered to appoint representa- 

 tives to the International Committee on Tuberculosis. It was 

 decided at the first meeting of the board that this representation 

 was to be headed by Dr. William Osier, his associates to be 

 selected later. The board was authorized also to appoint such 

 committees as might be necessary for scientific and educational 

 work, and for the holding of meetings and congresses. 



This meeting at Atlantic City was one that will be long re- 

 membered by all those who were privileged to be present. Drs. 

 Osier, Trudeau, Biggs, Barrier, Flick, Huber, Knopf, Mr. Devine, 

 and others spoke on the scope of the work which was before the 

 Association. The various addresses were received with en- 

 thusiastic applause, but the ovation given when Dr. Trudeau 

 appeared on the platform surpassed anything the writer has 

 ever been privileged to witness. It was spontaneous, genuine, 

 and lasted for many minutes. It was a grand tribute from the 

 vast assembly, not only to the pioneer of the sanatorium treat- 

 ment in America, but to the great qualities of Dr. Trudeau as a 

 physician, scientist, and humanitarian. In response Dr. Trudeau 

 spoke as follows: 



" I cannot find words suitable to express my appreciation of the great honor 

 you have done me in electing me as President of this Association. While 

 struggling for so many years alone and in a remote region with the tuberculosis 

 problem about me, my wildest fancy never pictured the possibility of such a 

 wide-spread and earnest movement as this, and much less that I would ever be 

 accorded the inestimable privilege of standing before such a gathering as I see 

 here to-day as its leader. That I have been permitted to do so will be to me a 

 satisfaction which will last as long as life does." 



Concerning the character of the new organization, Edward T. 

 Devine, the editor of Charities, then the organ of the New York 

 Charity Organization Society, wrote in this magazine the week 

 after the meeting as follows: 



"There are two conspicuous and equally gratifying features in this national 

 movement. It is thoroughly representative of the leaders of the medical pro- 

 fession; and at the same time there are ample evidences of their determination 

 to make the Association of direct practical value in legislation, in the education 

 of the public, and in bringing about a coordination of philanthropic, medical, 

 and educational agencies for the conquest of the great scourge. 



