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Probably when the science of eugenics shall have secured a firmer 

 footing there will be more which can be said with definiteness con- 

 cerning marriage by tuberculous persons. At any rate, it would be 

 well if young people could be taught by their parents and if it could 

 be made the custom to seek for, in their mates, health and strength 

 of body, mind and character. Such custom would help to decrease 

 the prevalence of tuberculosis and insure a stronger race of men in 

 generations to come. 



Note 



The most valuable collection of information on the economic and sociological 

 importance of tuberculosis is found in Volume III of the Transactions of the Sixth 

 International Congress on Tuberculosis (Washington, D.C., September 28 to 

 October 5, 1908). The following selected list of papers will serve to illustrate the 

 topics discussed : 



"The Cost of Tuberculosis in the United States and Its Reduction" — Professor 



Irving Fisher. 

 "The Burdens Entailed by Tuberculosis on Individuals and Families" — Mr. 



Sherman C. Kingsley. 

 "The 'Piece Work' System as a Factor in the Tuberculosis of Wage Workers" — 



Miss Jane Addams and Dr. Alice Hamilton. 

 "Tuberculosis as an Industrial Disease" — Mr. Frederick L. Hoffman. 

 "Factory Legislation and Tuberculosis" — Mr. John Martin. 

 "Relation of Tuberculosis to Crime and the Incarcerated Criminal" — Dr. Julius 



B. Ransom. 

 "Study of the Relation of Prostitution to Tuberculosis" — Dr. J. Willoughby 



Irwin. 

 "Tuberculosis and the Public Schools" — Dr. Luther H. Gulick. 



