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apart from that intended for general consumption; and should be certified 

 milk when obtainable. 



6. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association it has been proven, 

 apparently, that a small percentage of the cases of non-pulmonary human tu- 

 berculosis, especially tuberculosis of the lymph-nodes in children under five 

 years of age, is due to infection by tubercle bacilli of bovine origin. 



WHEREAS, The State of Nebraska has recently passed a law making it 

 obligatory for hospitals and sanatoria receiving tuberculous patients supported 

 by the public to use treatment of immunization (vaccine therapy) ; and 



WHEREAS, In the opinion of the members of this Association the present 

 state of knowledge of specific immunization and vaccine therapy in tubercu- 

 losis does not justify any state in enacting such legislation; therefore 



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

 Tuberculosis deplores the above named act of the State Legislature of Nebraska 

 as most unwise, and wholly unjustifiable. Be it further 



Resolved, That the Executive Secretary of the Association transmit a copy 

 of these resolutions to the Governor of the State of Nebraska and the Speakers 

 of the Senate and the House of Representatives of that State. 



WHEREAS, The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Oklahoma re- 

 fuses to grant licenses to physicians afflicted with tuberculosis; and 



WHEREAS, All applicants for such a license must subscribe and swear to a 

 so-called tuberculosis affidavit in which they must not only declare that they 

 are not suffering with tuberculosis in any form but also swear that they have 

 not, within the last three years, lived in the house with or nursed any one suffer- 

 ing from said disease; 



WHEREAS, In the opinion of the members of this Association such action of 

 the State Board of Medical Examiners of Oklahoma is not based on sound 

 scientific or economic considerations; and 



WHEREAS, It is the conviction of the members of this Association that 

 neither the careful tuberculous physician nor the well trained tuberculous 

 patient pursuing his occupation should be considered a menace to society, be it 

 therefore 



Resolved, That this Association deplores the action of the State Board of 

 Medical Examiners of Oklahoma as unjustifiable and prejudicial to the best 

 interests of the community, and 



Resolved, That the Executive Secretary transmit a copy of these resolutions 

 to the President and Secretary of the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Exam- 

 iners and to the Governor of that State. 



Resolved, That this Association observes with great interest and satisfaction 

 the marked progress throughout the United States and particularly in the 

 District of Columbia during the past year, of the playground movement; and 

 expresses the earnest hope that the National Congress will make adequate 



