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Hodgkins Fund Prize; for Treatise: on Tuberculosis 



The Smithsonian Institution has made the following announce- 

 ment in regard to the award of a prize of $1,500 for the best treatise 

 "On the Relation of Atmospheric Air to Tuberculosis," to be sub- 

 mitted to the International Congress on Tuberculosis, which will 

 be held in Washington September 21 to October 12, 1908: 



Smithsonian Institution 

 Hodgkins Fund Prize 



In October, 1891, Thomas George Hodgkins, Esquire, of Setanket, New 

 York, made a donation to the Smithsonian Institution, the income from a part 

 of which was to be devoted to "the increase and diffusion of more exact knowl- 

 edge in regard to the nature and properties of atmospheric air in connection 

 with the welfare of man." In furtherance of the donor's wishes, the Smith- 

 sonian Institution has from time to time offered prizes, awarded medals, made 

 grants for investigations, and issued publications. 



In connection with the approaching International Congress on Tuberculosis, 

 which will be held in Washington September 21 to October 12, 1908, a prize of 

 $1,500 is offered for the best treatise "On the Relation of Atmospheric Air to 

 Tuberculosis." Memoirs having relation to the cause, spread, prevention, or 

 cure of tuberculosis are included within the general terms of the subject. 



Any memoir read before the International Congress on Tuberculosis, or 

 sent to the Smithsonian Institution or to the Secretary General of the Con- 

 gress before its close, namely, October 12, 1908, will be considered in the com- 

 petition. 



The memoirs may be written in English, French, German, Spanish, or 

 Italian. They should be submitted either in manuscript or typewritten copy, 

 or, if in type, printed as manuscript. If written in German, they should be in 

 Latin script. They will be examined and the prize awarded by a committee 

 appointed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in conjunction with 

 the officers of the International Congress on Tuberculosis. 



Such memoirs must not have been published prior to the Congress. The 

 Smithsonian Institution reserves the right to publish the treatise to which the 

 prize is awarded. 



No condition as to the length of the treatises is established, it being expected 

 that the practical results of important investigations will be set forth as con- 

 vincingly and tersely as the subject will permit. 



The right is reserved to award no prize if in the judgment of the commit- 

 tee no contribution is offered of sufficient merit to warrant such action. 



Memoirs designed for consideration should be addressed to either "The 

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