SECOND ANNUAL MEETING 



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New York; Charles M. Lea, Pennsylvania; Dr. Joseph Walsh, 

 Pennsylvania; Otis H. Childs, Pennsylvania; Dr. John J. Black, 

 Delaware; Robert Garrett, Maryland; William H. Baldwin, 

 District of Columbia; Samuel Gompers, District of Columbia; 

 Dr. George M. Kober, District of Columbia; Dr. C. F. McGahan, 

 South Carolina; Dr. T. D. Coleman, Georgia; Dr. John H. 

 Lowman, Ohio; Charles W. Fairbanks, Indiana; Dr. Frank 

 Billings, Illinois; A. A. Sprague, 2d, Illinois; David R.Francis, 

 Missouri; C. E. Perkins, Iowa; James J. Hill, Minnesota; Dr. 

 Sherman G. Bonney, Colorado; Dr. Henry Sewall, Colorado; 

 Dr. W. H. Flint, California; and Benjamin I. Wheeler, Cali- 

 fornia. 



The following resolutions, having been endorsed by the com- 

 mittee on resolutions, were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the National Association for the Study and Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis adopt the double red cross as the official emblem of the Associa- 

 tion. 



Resolved, That in the interests of clearness and uniformity of nomenclature 

 the Association employ in its official publications the term tuberculous to refer 

 to lesions or conditions caused by the tubercle bacillus, and the term tubercular 

 to describe conditions resembling tubercles, but not caused by the tubercle 

 bacillus. 



WHEREAS, Recent experience in Europe and in this country has shown that 

 outdoor life in pure air has the same curative effect in surgical tuberculosis as 

 in tuberculosis of the lungs, therefore, be it 



Resolved, That, in the opinion of the members of this Association, hospitals 

 and sanatoria should be established outside of cities, either in the country or on 

 the seashore, for the treatment, from its incipiency, of tuberculosis of bones, 

 joints, and glands in children. 



At a meeting of the board of directors held on Friday, May 18, 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. 

 Hermann M. Biggs, president; Dr. Lawrence F. Flick and Dr. 

 Vincent Y. Bowditch, vice-presidents; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, 

 secretary; General George M. Sternberg, treasurer. The follow- 

 ing directors were elected to serve on the executive committee for 

 the ensuing year: W. H. Baldwin, Homer Folks, Drs. Vincent Y. 

 Bowditch, Lawrence F. Flick, J. P. C. Foster, E. C. Janeway, 



