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to the health of the city, as well as his researches into the relative 

 merits of slow sand and mechanical filtration, aided materially 

 toward securing the necessary sanitary legislation and requisite 

 appropriations by Congress. 



Dr. Kober is an honorary member of the Association of Mili- 

 tary Surgeons of the United States and of the Association of 

 American Physicians. He is a fellow of the American Medical 

 Association, the American Public Health Association, and the 

 Anthropological Society; also a member of the board of directors 

 of the Associated Charities of Washington, D. C., and of the 

 local tuberculosis society. He designed the Tuberculosis Hos- 

 pital of the District of Columbia in Washington, which was 

 formally opened in June, 1908. Dr. Kober's affiliations with 

 scientific and philanthropic societies are too numerous to men- 

 tion here, as are also his achievements in experimental medicine, 

 industrial and general hygiene, medical education, and anthropo- 

 logical investigations. He is the author of no less than no 

 monographs, chapters, and text-books, journal articles and 

 reviews on medical, surgical, and sociological subjects. Dr. 

 Kober's tabulation of 330 milk-borne epidemics, his monograph 

 on "Milk in Relation to Public Health," and his first book on 

 "Industrial Hygiene," published as Senate Documents, are re- 

 garded as pioneer contributions to American medical literature. 

 In 1916, in collaboration with Dr. Hansen, he published a volume 

 of nearly 1,000 pages, entitled, "Diseases of Occupation and 

 Vocational Hygiene," which is recognized as one of the foremost 

 works on this subject. 



At the annual meeting of the National Tuberculosis Associa- 

 tion at St. Louis in 1920, a new honor was conferred upon Dr. 

 Kober by his unanimous election to the office of secretary of the 

 Association, succeeding Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, who had served 

 the Association in this capacity since its formation in 1904. 



On March 28, 1920, Dr. Kober attained his seventieth birth- 

 day. This was made the occasion of a complimentary dinner 

 to him by his countless friends all over the United States. The 

 dinner was held under the auspices of the Medical Society of the 

 District of Columbia and allied scientific and civic organizations. 

 It was the privilege of the author of this sketch to present for 



