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practitioners were to be excluded from practising in that state, 

 and physicians were forced to sign a sworn statement that they 

 had not in the last three years lived in the house with or nursed 

 any one suffering from said disease (tuberculosis). The following 

 is what Dr. Janeway wrote on this subject: 



" I think that it is a very oppressive measure, and one not either humane or 

 just. As regards the affidavit, I think that is an additional oppression, espe- 

 cially the part which requires the practitioner to say 'he has not lived in the 

 house with a consumptive or nursed any one suffering from the disease.' These 

 measures, it seems to me, are ill calculated to advance the best interests of the 

 struggle against tuberculosis." 



This was one of the last messages on tuberculosis he gave to the 

 world. 



In his presidential address of 1910, reviewing the medical and 

 sanitary progress which had been made during the previous 

 decade, this far-seeing physician, teacher, and lover of his kind 

 again warned us not to slacken our efforts on behalf of the better- 

 ment of the social and living conditions of the poor, and he wisely 

 said, in the conclusion of his address: "The contest will not be 

 considered carried to the highest point unless at the same time 

 measures are taken to secure the avoidance of overcrowding by 

 the obtaining of suitable dwelling places for the masses." 



Dr. Janeway's tact, diagnostic skill, and wisdom in dealing with 

 the consumptive individual, the many physicians who were, or 

 thought themselves to be, afflicted with tuberculosis who went to 

 him for an opinion, and the great number of general practitioners 

 who sought his counsel, will never be forgotten by those who were 

 fortunate enough to come in contact with him. Edward G. Jane- 

 way never claimed to be a tuberculosis specialist, but there is 

 hardly any one who may aspire to this title who has done more 

 for the tuberculosis cause in general and for the individual patient 

 or pupil, as a teacher, physician, or friend. 



Evidence of the deep interest Dr. Janeway showed throughout 

 his life in the tuberculosis problem is shown by a letter the author 

 received from Mrs. Janeway after the death of her husband in 

 acknowledgement of a tribute to him as teacher and physician. 

 After warmly expressing her thanks, she added: "My husband 

 gave a great deal of his time and his wisdom to the prevention and 



