Excerpt from Transactions of the American Congress on Internal Medicine: Second Scientific Session, Pittsburgh, Pa, , December 27-28, 1917While internal medicine has, in'a way, kept pace with surgery, it is only recently that it has come into its own, as in preventive medicine, as well as in other well recognized activites. Pittsburgh formerly had the highest incidence and mortality of any city in the United States in typhoid fever. Through the direction of the late Eugene Matson, bacteriologist and director of the department Of public health, the city has laid unsurpassed filtering beds so that the water of the city is now, clean and typhoid has been entirely eliminated.The laboratories of the city are now directed toward the preven tion of diseases which are likely to occur in the industries which are here represented. Internal medicine has given valuable assistance in the elimination of the smoke nuisance. Diseases of the lungs in relation to smoke and soot have been particularly studied in the laboratories of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and in many other ways internal medicine has set about to bring to pass a prevention of diseases, accidents and calamities which have heretofore prevailed in our community.The internists Of the city, as well as the profession at large, appreciate the benefits which may accrue from the meeting of such a body as the Congress on Internal Medicine represents, and I again, in their behalf, welcome you.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.