FRANK BILLINGS, M.D., Sc.D. 331 



Tuberculosis Association, his discussions in the clinical, patho- 

 logical, and sociological sections have always been inspiring and 

 helpful. His presidential address at the meeting of the Associa- 

 tion in 1908 was full of sound advice and prophetic vision. 



It goes without saying that a personality such as Dr. Billings, 

 with his vast medical experience and his splendid executive 

 ability, had to be called upon by our War Department during the 

 recent war. Thus he was made chairman of the American Red 

 Cross Mission to Russia, where he rendered valuable service. On 

 his return he entered active service, and attained the rank of 

 colonel on April 30, 1918, being attached to the Surgeon General's 

 office in Washington and devoting his vast knowledge and energy 

 to the rehabilitation of wounded, sick, and disabled soldiers. For 

 his admirable work at the head of the Rehabilitation Department 

 of the Surgeon General's office he was awarded the Distinguished 

 Service Medal. He published a number of lectures on rehabili- 

 tation of the disabled which, because of their clearness and preci- 

 sion, attracted a great deal of attention. 



Although Dr. Billings modestly claims not to have done or 

 written anything of note on tuberculosis, those who have had the 

 privilege of working with him know what an invaluable factor he 

 has been in the combat of tuberculosis in general among the civil- 

 ian population, and of his recent work on behalf of the tuberculous 

 soldiers. 



Colonel Billings is an enthusiast regarding the value of curative 

 work in wards, schools, shops, garden, and field for the recovery of 

 tuberculous soldiers, and justly considers it of the greatest psycho- 

 logical and material value in the treatment of pulmonary tuber- 

 culosis generally. 



The bibliography of Dr. Frank Billings follows: 



Address of the president. Tr. Nat. Tuberc. Assn., iv, 15, 1908. 



The standards of physical examinations and the selective service. Jour. Am. 



Med. Assn., July 6, 1918. 



Rehabilitation of the disabled. Jour. Am. Med. Assn., May 24, 1919. 

 The physical and mental rehabilitation of disabled soldiers of the United States 



Army. Congress Amer. Phys. and Surg., June 16, 1919. 

 Physical reconstruction applied in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. 



Jour. Am. Med. Assn., Oct. 4, 1919; also in Tr. Nat. Tuberc. Assn., xv, 



146, 1919. 



