gained by observation of a great number of cases, by study of 
the mode of its advent, by the full knowledge of its course, 
by the appreciation of all the co-operating agencies which 
bring it about and maintain it and eventually lead to the 
destruction of the human being who is the host of its para- 
sitical tendencies. Authorities in public health work state 
definitely that no more important field of preventive medi- 
cine and of curative medicine exists, that no better results 
can be looked for in any form of medical work. 
Officers and directors are as follows: James Hay Reed, 
Founder; Arthur E. Braun, Acting President; Roy A.Hunt, 
Treasurer; J. G. Hamilton, Assistant Treasurer; Mrs. George 
L. Collord, Secretary; Mrs. George B. Berger, Jr., Rt. Rev. 
Hugh C. Boyle, Louis Brown, L. H. Burnett, Harmar D. 
Denny, Jr., Mrs. John C. Dilworth, J oseph Dilworth, Leon 
Falk, Berthold Floersheim, Rev. Dr. A. C. Howell, Mrs. 
John W. Lawrence, W. L. Mellon, Miss Helen Blanche 
Rauh, David A. Reed, Mrs. J. D. Tilford, Mrs. William P. 
Witherow. 
PITTSBURGH TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL 
The City of Pittsburgh maintains the Tuberculosis 
Hospital, not as a charitable institution, although patients 
are not permitted to pay for care in the hospital or for pro- 
fessional services rendered. It is operated under the direction 
of the Director of the City Department of Public Health, 
primarily as a major item of preventive medicine in the 
control and prevention of tuberculosis in Pittsburgh. 
One of the main objects is the hospitalization of infectious 
cases or individuals who are a menace to their families and 
others with whom they may come in contact. The hospital 
alms not only at the restoration to health of such individuals, 
but their isolation until such time as they are no longer cap- 
able of transmitting the disease to others, or until educa- 
tion in preventive measures has rendered them harmless to 
society. 
The City of Pittsburgh completed the main buildings of 
the Tuberculosis Hospital in the year 1915 with a capacity of 
150 patients. During the years 1923 and 1927, additions 
were erected, increasing the capacity to 300 patients.