164 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Arnold C. Klebs. Dr. Edward L. Trudeau was elected an Hono- 

 rary Member of the Association. 



There are no available records of the second annual report of 

 the treasurer. 



Prior to the first meeting of the National Association in Wash- 

 ington, there existed in the United States 23 tuberculosis associa- 

 tions, to which were added during the year 1905 no less than 

 nine. To the 24 dispensaries were added three during the same 

 period, and 10 sanatoria and special hospitals to the already 

 existing 96. 



A list of officers and directors for 1905 to 1906 follows: 



President, Dr. Hermann M. Biggs; honorary vice-presidents, Theodore Roose- 

 velt, Grover Cleveland, and Dr. William Osier; vice-presidents, Dr. Lawrence F. 

 Flick, and Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch ; treasurer, Gen. George M. Sternberg; secre- 

 tary, Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs; directors, Dr. Howard S. Anders, Philadel- 

 phia; Ernest P. Bicknell, Chicago; Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, New York; Dr. 

 Vincent Y. Bowditch, Boston; Dr. Henry M. Bracken, St. Paul; Dr. Norman 

 Bridge, Los Angeles; Maj. George E. Bushnell, Fort Bayard, N. M.; Dr. 

 William S. Carter, Galveston; Otis H. Childs, Pittsburgh; Edward T. Devine, 

 New York; Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, Philadelphia; Homer Folks, New York; 

 Dr. John P. C. Foster, New Haven; Dr. John S. Fulton, Baltimore; Frederick 

 L. Hoffman, Newark, N. J.; Dr. John N. Hurty, Indianapolis; Dr. Henry 

 Barton Jacobs, Baltimore; Dr. Edward G. Janeway, New York; Dr. Arnold 

 C. Klebs, Chicago; Dr. S. A. Knopf, New York; Dr. Charles L. Minor, 

 Asheville; Dr. Edward O. Otis, Boston; Dr. Leonard Pearson, Philadelphia; 

 Henry Phipps, New York; Dr. William Porter, St. Louis; Dr. Charles O. Probst, 

 Columbus, O.; Dr. Mazyck P. Ravenel, Philadelphia; Dr. S. E. Solly, Colorado 

 Springs; Gen. George M. Sternberg, Washington; Dr. Edward L. Trudeau, Sar- 

 anac Lake; Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor; Dr. Joseph Walsh, Philadelphia; 

 Dr. William H. Welch, Baltimore; Gen. Walter Wyman, Washington. 



Executive secretary, Dr. Livingston Farrand. 



The following is a list of papers read before the respective sec- 

 tions at the meeting of May 16-18, 1906. 



Immunity in tuberculosis -Simon Flexner, M.D. 



The influence of a tuberculosis sanatorium on the value of surrounding property 



William H. Baldwin. 



Tuberculosis nostrums Samuel Hopkins Adams. 



Tuberculosis among the Oglala Sioux Indians James R. Walker, M.D. 

 Tuberculosis among the Negroes 'Thomas Jesse Jones, Ph.D. 

 Effective methods of educating the public Paul Kennaday. 



