50 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



laymen and anti-tuberculosis workers; and the American Review 

 of Tuberculosis, a medical journal for physicians and those inter- 

 ested in the scientific phases of tuberculosis. In addition, the 

 Association publishes an annual volume of Transactions and fre- 

 quent monographs on certain specific topics of vital interest to 

 people engaged in the tuberculosis field. 



6. Research. The Association is constantly engaged in medical 

 and social research, both through its home office and through its 

 members and workers in the field at large. The results of this 

 research are published in monographs, in the Transactions, in the 

 various journals of the Association, and elsewhere. 



7. Clearing-house. The Association acts as a general clearing- 

 house for information on several phases of the tuberculosis move- 

 ment. Its staff consists of specialists in various kinds of work 

 who help in the solution of problems dealing with institutions, 

 education, organization, medicine and other phases of the cam- 

 paign. 



8. Modern Health Crusade. The Association has organized and 

 is the national director of the Modern Health Crusade, a move- 

 ment for the training of children in proper health habits. 



9. Publicity. By means of newspaper publicity, and through 

 the promotion of the use of exhibits, motion pictures, lantern 

 slides, etc., the Association stimulates educational work in various 

 parts of the field. 



10. Experimental and Demonstration Work. The Association 

 has for three years been conducting a demonstration on the con- 

 trol of tuberculosis at Framingham, Mass., with the idea of trying 

 to show how a normal American town may best control tubercu- 

 losis within its own limits. 



PROGRAM AND POLICIES 



The National Association has always conceived its function in 

 relationship to the other agencies in the field to be that of a ser- 

 vant rather than that of a master or autocrat. While most of the 

 tuberculosis agencies throughout the country owe their existence 

 directly or indirectly to the National Association, the Association 

 has no branch organizations. In 1921 the by-laws of the Associa- 

 tion were amended to provide for definite representation of State 



