CHAPTER XXIV 

 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



THE fourteenth annual meeting of The National Tubercu- 

 losis Association was held at the Copley-Plaza Hotel, Bos- 

 ton, Mass., on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 6, 7, 

 and 8, 1918. The meeting of the Association was called to order 

 by the president, Dr. Charles L. Minor, at 4.30 o'clock on 

 Thursday. The address of the president was presented and filed 

 for publication in the Transactions. The report of the executive 

 office for the year ending April 30, 1918 was read and ordered 

 filed. 



On motion, duly carried, the following committee was ap- 

 pointed by the chair to nominate candidates for vacancies on the 

 board of directors: Dr. Lee K. Frankel, New York, chairman; 

 Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch, Massachusetts; Dr. Hoyt E. Dearholt, 

 Wisconsin; Dr. W. L. Dunn, North Carolina; Dr. Stephen J. 

 Maher, Connecticut. 



On motion, duly made and carried, the following committee on 

 resolutions was appointed by the chair: William H. Baldwin, 

 District of Columbia, chairman; Dr. Robert H. Babcock, Illi- 

 nois; Frederick L. Hoffman, New Jersey; Dr. Edward O. Otis, 

 Massaschusetts; Dr. O. W. McMichael, Illinois. 



The meeting was well attended, the registration totaling 548, 

 representing every state in the union except nine. Three sessions 

 of the Clinical Section, three of the Sociological Section, two of 

 the Pathological Section, and one of the Advisory Council were 

 held. In addition to these there was a mass meeting under the 

 auspices of a local committee. 



At the business meeting of the Association on Friday afternoon, 

 the following directors were elected for the term of five years 

 each: Mr. Isaac Adler, New York; Dr. W. Jarvis Barlow, Cali- 

 fornia; Col. Frank Billings, Illinois; Col. George E. Bushnell, 



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