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substantially to the conclusions in the project 

 of the honorable delegation of Mexico, proposes 

 the adoption of the following recommendations, 

 which certainly will powerfully contribute to 

 combat the plagues that have afflicted humanity, 

 decimating it at the same time, and always caus- 

 ing restrictions to commercial traffic, obstacles 

 to the progress of passengers, and on not a few 

 occasions acts of real inhumanity, on account 

 of the fear of infectious diseases and of an in- 

 sufficient and capricious idea as to the way in 

 which they are propagated and the prophylactic 

 measures to combat them. 



" The committee is pleased to be able to rec- 

 ognize the efficacious cooperation which it has 

 obtained on the part of Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, 

 president of the Superior Board of Health of the 

 Mexican republic, as also of those of Dr. Wyman, 

 surgeon-general of the Service of the Marine 

 Hospital of the United States, and of Dr. M. J. 

 Rosenau, assistant surgeon and director of the 

 Hygienic Laboratory of the Service of the Ma- 

 rine Hospital of the United States. The reports 

 presented at former conferences, and other works 

 of the eminent Peruvian, Dr. D. Franciso Rosas, 

 have been made use of." 



Following this report the committee presented 

 its project for the International banitary Con- 

 ference. The project was signed in the form of 

 a resolution by representatives of 15 of the coun- 

 tries represented, the signatures of the Argentine 

 Republic, Brazil, Paraguay, and Venezuela not 

 appearing to the resolution. 



In pursuance of the authority granted it by 

 the governing board the International Bureau of 

 American Republics placed itself in communica- 

 tion with Dr. Walter Wyman, supervising sur- 

 geon-general of the Marine-Hospital Service of 

 the United States, who at once prepared a plan 

 of organization and a tentative program. Ac- 

 cordingly, and with arrangements made by the 

 Bureau of American Republics, the conference 

 convened at the New Willard Hotel, in Washing- 

 ton, On Dec. 3, with the following delegates rep- 

 resenting their respective countries: 



Guatemala: Dr. Antonio Lazo Arriaga. 



Chile: Dr. Eduardo Moore and Eduardo Garcia 

 Collao. 



Paraguay: Mr. John Stewart. 



Salvador: Ernesto Shernikow. 



Mexico: Dr. Eduardo Liceaga and Dr. Jos6 

 Ramirez. 



Nicaragua: Dr. Roman. 



Honduras: N. Bolet Peraza. 



Ecuador: Luis Felipe Carbo. 



Cuba: Juan Guiteras and Carlos Finlay. 



Uruguay: Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera. 



United States: Walter Wyman, surgeon-gen- 

 eral, United States Marine-Hospital Service; 

 M. J. Rosenau, director Hygienic Laboratory, 

 United States Marine-Hospital Service; H. L. E. 

 Johnson. American Medical Association, chair- 

 man Legislative Committee ; James Taggart Priest- 

 ly, Des Moines, Iowa, surgeon-general Iowa Na- 

 tional Guard; Arthur K. Reynolds, Chicago, 111., 

 Commissioner of Health ; Charles B. Adams, Sac 

 City, Iowa, member State Board of Health; 

 Edmond Souchon, New Orleans, president Louis- 

 iana State Board of Health; Fred. W. Powers, 

 Reinbeck, Iowa, member State Board of Health; 

 Joseph Porter, Jacksonville. Fla.. State health 

 officer of Florida; Alvah H. Doty, New York 

 city, quarantine officer of the port of New 

 York; L. M. Powers, Los Angeles. Cal., health 

 officer; Frank William Porterfield, Atlantic City, 

 Iowa, ex-president Medical Society of Missouri 

 Valley; Walter D. McCaw; George P. Bradley, 



United States navy, representative medical de- 

 partment of the navy. 



Dr. Walter Wyman made an opening address 

 at the morning session, welcoming the delegates to 

 the city. He spoke of the International Conference 

 held in Mexico as marking an era in the progress 

 of civilization in the new hemisphere, in provid- 

 ing for an international conference on customs, a 

 conference for the study of coffee production, and 

 this one for the study of international sanita- 

 tipn and quarantine. " No topics are of greater 

 importance," said he, " than those which will be 

 considered by this conference, for protection 

 against the inroads of disease and the providing 

 of such environments of man as will enable him 

 to cultivate the highest standard of health are 

 the bases of our physical welfare and enjoyment, 

 as well as our intellectual enjoyment and moral 

 uplifting. Health, cleanliness, intellect, and mor- 

 als might well be the motto of this conference." 



Secretary of the Treasury Shaw said, in the 

 course of a welcoming address, that he remem- 

 bered very well the time when a lawyer was con- 

 sidered great when he succeeded in extricating his 

 client from complications and difficult situations 

 after he had got into trouble; but the suc- 

 cessful lawyer now is the one who prevents his 

 client from getting into complications. There 

 was a time when the physician's principal ambi- 

 tion was to cure the individual case of disease, 

 and little attention was paid to its spread among 

 others; but now the physician endeavors to pro- 

 tect others from the epidemic as well as to cure 

 the case in hand. 



David J. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State, ex- 

 tended a cordial greeting from the Department 

 of State. " When the first conference between 

 the American republics was proposed," he said, 

 " fears were expressed that it would never come 

 to pass; but those fears have now been dispelled, 

 and benefits are already apparent. What we 

 need between these republics is a closer contact, a 

 mingling with one another in the discussion of 

 questions of mutual vital importance. I am glad 

 to see that the conference held in the city of 

 Mexico has already borne fruit, and that such 

 meetings as this are to be continued." 



Senor Quesada, minister and delegate for 

 Cuba, spoke with much warmth of the part the 

 United States had taken in bringing about bet- 

 ter sanitation in Cuba, and paid tributes to Gen. 

 Wood, recent Military Governor of Cuba, and to 

 the late Major Walter Reed, for his part in dri- 

 ving the yellow-fever scourge from that island. 

 The Mexican ambassador, Don Manuel de Azpi- 

 ros, also made a felicitous address. Brief speech- 

 es were made by Major W. P. McCall, represent- 

 ing the United States army, and Medical Director 

 George P. Bradley, of the United States navy. 



When the conference proceeded to business, Dr. 

 Ulloa, of Costa Rica, being elected temporary 

 chairman, a committee on organization was ap- 

 pointed, and Dr. Walter Wyman was elected 

 presiding officer, with a delegate from each of 

 the countries represented as vice-president. Dr. 

 Arthur K. Reynolds was elected secretary, and 

 an advisory council was appointed, consisting 

 of Dr. Rhett Goode, of the United States; Dr. 

 M. J. Rosenau, of the United States; Dr. Juan 

 Guiteras, of Cuba r Dr. E. Liceaga, of Mexico; 

 Major Walter D. McCaw, United States; and 

 Dr. Ulloa, of Costa Rica. It was decided that 

 the proposed International Sanitary Bureau be 

 composed of 5 members, 1 of whom should be 

 the president of the conference, the other 4 to 

 be nominated to the conference by the advisory 

 council. 



