160 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



At a meeting of the board of directors held on the evening of 

 May 1 8 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 president, Dr. Hermann M. Biggs; first vice-president, Dr. Law- 

 rence F. Flick; second vice-president, Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch; 

 secretary, Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs; treasurer, Gen. George M. 

 Sternberg. In addition to the president and secretary and the 

 vice-presidents, Mr. E. T. Devine and Drs. Foster, Klebs, 

 Ravenel, Trudeau, and Welch were elected members. of the execu- 

 tive committee. 



The meeting closed with a testimonial banquet to the president, 

 Dr. Edward L. Trudeau, on the evening of May 19. 



The summarized report of the treasurer, Gen. George M. 

 Sternberg, is as follows: 



Receipts to April 30, 1905 $10,367.15 



Expenditures 3,364.96 



Balance on hand April 30, 1905 $7,002.19 



The following is a list of papers read before the respective 

 sections at the meeting of May 18-19, J 95 : 



The winning fight Talcott Williams. 



Health as an investment Homer Folks. 



A working program Edward T. Devine. 



The progress of the sanatorium movement in America William H. Baldwin. 



Infection in transportation H. M. Bracken, M.D. 



The therapeutic value of Marmorek's anti-tubercular serum Arthur J. 



Richer, M.D. 

 The natural and artificial protection of man against tuberculosis F. Figari, 



M.D. 



The serum diagnosis of tuberculosis Hugh M. Kinghorn, M.D. 

 Studies in agglutination Mazyck P. Ravenel, M.D., and H. R. M. Landis, 



M.D. 

 The properties of the serum of immunized rabbits E. R. Baldwin, M.D., 



H. M. Kinghorn, M.D., and A. H. Allen, M.D. 

 An histological study of the_lesions of immunized rabbits Joseph L. Nichols 



M.D. 

 Two experiments in artificial immunity against tuberculosis Edward L. 



Trudeau, M.D. 

 Examination of the blood in pulmonary tuberculosis, with special reference to 



prognosis J. T. Ullom, M.D., and Frank A. Craig, M.D. 

 Tuberculosis of the thoracic duct and acute miliary tuberculosis Warfield T. 



Longcope, M.D. 



