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orary vice-presidents. The opening ceremonies were of a most 

 impressive character. Following addresses of welcome by Secre- 

 tary Cortelyou, and the Honorable Henry B. Macfarland, Presi- 

 dent of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, repre- 

 sentative delegates from the following participating countries 

 responded, outlining in brief the organization of the campaign 

 against tuberculosis in their respective countries: Dr. Fermin 

 Rodriguez, Jr., of Argentina; Dr. Hermann von Schrotter and 

 Dr. Laislaus Detre, of Austria-Hungary; Professor Josef Denys, 

 of Belgium; Mr. Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral, of Brazil; Dr. 

 Arthur Newsholme, of the British Government; Dr. Frederick 

 Montizambert, of Canada; Dr. L. Sierra, of Chile; Dr. Shinfwe 

 P. M. Jee, of China; Dr. Juan J. Ulloa, of Costa Rica; Dr. 

 Joaquin L. Jacobsen, of Cuba; Dr. Bernard Bang, of Denmark; 

 Dr. C. W. Richardson, of Ecuador; Dr. J. B. Piot (Bey), of 

 Egypt; Professor Dr. Louis Landouzy, of France; Professor 

 Robert Koch, of Germany; Mr. Lambros Coromilas, of Greece; 

 Dr. Ramon Bengoechea, of Guatemala; Professor N. Ph. Tende- 

 loo, of Holland; Dr. Antonio Stella, of Italy; Professor Dr. S. 

 Kitasato, of Japan; Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, of Mexico; Dr. F. 

 Harbitz, of Norway; Dr. M. J. Echeverria, of Panama; Mr. 

 Sylvino Gurgel do Amaral, of Portugal; Dr. S. Irimescu, of 

 Rumania; Dr. A. Wladimiroff, of Russia; Dr. Paul G. Woolley, 

 of Siam; Dr. Camilo Calleja, of Spain; Hon. Conrad Ceder- 

 crantz, of Sweden; Professor Fritz Egger, of Switzerland, and 

 Mr. Luis Melian Lafinur, of Uruguay. 



The Congress itself was organized into seven sections, as fol- 

 lows: 



Section I. Pathology and Bacteriology, with Dr. William H. 



Welch of Baltimore, as president. 

 Section 2. Clinical Study and Therapy of Tuberculosis 



Sanatoriums, Hospitals, and Dispensaries, with 



Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch of Boston, as president. 

 Section 3. Surgery and Orthopedics, with Dr. Charles H. 



Mayo, of Rochester, Minnesota, as president. 

 Section 4. Tuberculosis in Children Etiology, Prevention, 



and Treatment, with Dr. Abraham Jacobi, of New 



York, as president. 



