i i i;i i;< i i <M- \- \ DIH \H ol UN MASSES 



National 

 Association 

 for the 

 Study and 

 Prevention 

 of Tubercu- 

 losis. 



Tubercu- 

 losis 

 Institutes. 



Interna- 

 tional Tu- 

 berculosis 

 Congresses. 



and \\. ,1 to the noble cause, the American 



iial Association for tin- Stii.ly and Prevention of Tuber- 

 culosis \\ kl a m.-riini; in Philadelphia in March. 



'ii completed in June <>!' that \. 



.me of tin- ii. \ .'rican Medical Afeociation al 



Atlantic City, h i I Trudeau was dec 1 .dent : 



William ( >>ler and Hermann M. Mi^s. Vie.-Pre>idents; 

 I>r. II. i: ii Jacobs, B : and 



;rer of the Associatinn. Aiming the hon<.rar\- 

 dents the association In : tune i count 



the linn. Theodon- Hoo>e\vlt. dent of the Tinted States. 



The lion ( 'l.-v.-laiid was al-o an honorary vice-j.resident 



until hi- death. Thi- society, which welcome^ as inenihers men 

 and women from all ranks of life who are interested in thesolu- 



f the tuhereulo>is j.rohlem. ha- its office- in NYw ^'ork ( 'ity 



in the Qnited Charity Building, lo Its present 



ivin^ston l-'arrand. M.I ). 



The first Institute for the study, treatment, and prevention of 

 tul>ercul<. Bunded in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1903. It owes 



DCe to the sagacious munificence of the well-known 

 philanthropist, Mr. Henry Phipps. formerly of Pittslniri:. now 

 of Now York. This institute is now a part of the 1'niv 

 of Pennsylvania. 



A second Tuherculosis In-titute. with purposes Similar to those 

 of the l > hij)ps' Institute, was estallished in Chicago in I'.MHi. 

 mainly through the efforts and enthusiasm of Dr. Arnold ('. 



K!el)S. 



The medical profession of the United States was officially 

 tented for the first time at International Tuberculosis 

 Congresses in the British Congress on Tuberculosis in l'.U. 

 Among those who represented this country on that oce. 

 and those who were honored by bein^ elected a- vice-presidents, 

 -ik-h names as Frank Billings, \V r . J. Councilman, Charles 

 >n, George Dock, W. A. Han-. A. Jacob i. I <i Jan 

 H. M. Kin-. H. P. Ixwmis, J. H. U I'dwanl O. Otis, 



Arthur Howlry Reynolds, F. C. Shattuck. E, 8. Solly. A. K. 

 Stone. Arthur K. Thomas, J. Tyson. S. \\Vir Mitchell, \V. H. 

 \Velch.J. C. Wilson, and oil i 



At the international Tuberculosis Congress which convened 



in Paris in P. MI.",, the American medical profession was repn- 



1 by an official delegation appointed by the Pn-ident of 



the United States, composed of 1 > p, Mick, Jacobs, and 



Knopf. There were also delegates from the various medical 



