224 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



H. Lowman, Ohio; Dr. Gerald B. Webb, Colorado; Dr. William 

 Charles White, Pennsylvania. 



Dr. John H. Lowman, chairman of the committee on resolu- 

 tions, presented the following resolutions with the endorsement of 

 the committee. Each of the resolutions was unanimously adopted : 



INASMUCH as Dr. Franklin Martin, of the Advisory Committee of the Gen- 

 eral Medical Board of the Council of National Defense, has written to the 

 president of The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- 

 culosis, for recommendation to the Medical Board concerning tuberculosis, to 

 be sent to the subcommittee of the Board, namely, Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, 

 Chairman, Mr. Homer Folks, Dr. Lawrason Brown, Dr. George T. Palmer, and 

 Dr. E. R. Baldwin, the following resolutions have been prepared: 



WHEREAS, It has been the experience of the warring nations of Europe that 

 cases of incipient and even moderately advanced tuberculosis are frequently 

 unrecognized in the routine examination of recruits; and 



WHEREAS, Inactive tuberculosisis frequently rendered active by the physi- 

 cal and mental strain and exposure of modern warfare; and 



WHEREAS, The appalling prevalence of tuberculosis in the armies both in 

 the field and in the concentration camps with the inevitable and widespread 

 extension of the infection from these to the civilian population is the greatest 

 of all health problems presented by the present war; and 



WHEREAS, The extreme gravity of the situation demands that the services 

 of all the most highly trained men available be utilized most effectively for 

 protection against the occurrence of conditions now prevailing in France and 

 other countries; and 



WHEREAS, The continued presence in their several communities of men and 

 women now engaged in tuberculosis and other health work is likewise necessary 

 for the preservation of the health of our people, and to care for returning 

 invalided soldiers; therefore be it 



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

 Tuberculosis in convention assembled pledges its loyal support to the Govern- 

 ment; and further 



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

 Tuberculosis urges upon the Council of National Defense the following meas- 

 ures: 



I. The registration and organization for the term of the war of the tuber- 

 culosis workers of our country, including clinicians, roentgenologists, laboratory 

 workers, nurses, social workers, and administration officers, and their commis- 

 sion as reserve officers. 



II. The division of the country into districts in which these new federal 

 forces may be utilized without unduly interfering with the present vital work 

 of conserving the health of their several localities. 



III. The employment of these forces for the following specific purposes: 

 a. To make under the command of a ranking medical officer of the army 



