CHAPTER XXIII 

 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



THE thirteenth annual meeting of The National Association 

 for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was held at 

 the Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day, and Friday, May 9, 10, and n, 1917. The meeting of the 

 Association was called to order by the president, Dr. Edward R. 

 Baldwin , at 4.30 o'clock on Wednesday. The address of the presi- 

 dent was presented and filed for publication in the Transactions. 

 The report of the executive ofHce for the year ending April 30, 

 1917, was read and approved. 



On motion, duly seconded and carried, the following committee 

 was appointed by the chair to nominate candidates for vacancies 

 on the board of directors: William H. Baldwin, District of 

 Columbia, chairman; Dr. Lawrason Brown, New York; Dr. 

 David R. Lyman, Connecticut; Dr. Hoyt E. Dearholt, Wis- 

 consin; Homer Folks, New York. 



On motion, duly seconded and carried, the following committee 

 on resolutions was appointed by the chair: Dr. John H. Lowman, 

 Ohio, chairman; Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch, Massachusetts; Dr. 

 Robert H. Babcock, Illinois; Dr. H. M. Bracken, Minnesota; 

 Dr. Philip King Brown, California. 



The meeting was well attended, the registration being over 800, 

 with a large representation from all parts of the United States. 

 At the business meeting, held on Thursday afternoon, the follow- 

 ing directors were elected for terms of five years each: Ernest P. 

 Bicknell, District of Columbia; Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch, Massa- 

 chusetts; Dr. C. C. Browning, California; Dr. J. W. Coon, Wis- 

 consin; Dr. H. K. Dunham, Ohio; Rev. George Eaves, Alabama; 

 E. K. Gaylord, Oklahoma; Surgeon General W. C. Gorgas, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia; Dr. Allen K. Krause, Maryland; Dr. John 



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