344 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



On April 2, 1910, 500 men of reputation in the world of science, 

 literature, and finance, gathered in Baltimore at a banquet in 

 honor of Dr. Welch's twenty-fifth anniversary as professor of 

 pathology at Johns Hopkins. On this most interesting occasion 

 appropriate addresses were made by distinguished men. A gold 

 medallion was presented to Professor Welch as an enduring 

 memorial of the event. On one side is Dr. Welch's portrait in 

 relief, with the words, "William H. Welch," and on the reverse 

 side is a sprig of laurel, intertwined with a spray of roses, em- 

 blematic of success and friendship, with the inscription, "From 

 his friends." 



Dr. Welch is also well known as a public speaker. Seldom 

 does any great event occur in the medical world of the United 

 States without his voice being heard and eagerly listened to. His 

 interest in medical education, medical research, sanitation, hy- 

 giene, and tuberculosis, besides his vast knowledge of pathological 

 science, is shown by his writings, which have been collected and 

 reprinted in three large volumes under the editorship of Dr. 

 Walter C. Burket, who has recently compiled a bibliography 

 dating from 1875 to 1917, comprising no less than 335 contribu- 

 tions. Of these, 32 deal with the subject of tuberculosis. 



In the great war a man like Dr. Welch, with vast experience and 

 sound judgment in all things medical, sanitary, and educational, 

 was sure to be called upon to serve his country. He became a 

 member of the Medical Advisory Committee of the American 

 Red Cross, entered the Medical Reserve Corps as Major in 1917, 

 was transferred to active service with the rank of lieutenant 

 colonel, and served as such to the end of the war. He is now 

 commissioned Brigadier General in the Officers' Reserve Corps. 

 When the great prevalence of tuberculosis among the French 

 civilian and military population was made known by Dr. Her- 

 mann M. Biggs on his return from France, the author of this 

 sketch wrote a little pamphlet, entitled "What the American 

 Soldier Now Fighting in France Should Know About Tubercu- 

 losis," which was translated into French and widely circulated 

 in this country, in Canada, and in France. For this pamphlet 

 Professor Welch contributed a preface, from which the following 

 is quoted : 





