An Appeal for Contributions to Aid Mrs. Carroll
At the Conference on Medical Legislation held in Washington, D. C., Jan. 18-20, 1909, resolutions were adopted providing for a committee composed of one member each from the medical departments of the Army and the Navy, one from the United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, one member from the District of Columbia and one member from the Council on Medical Legislation, to present to the medical profession the conditions under which the widow of Major James Carroll is now placed, and to devise such plans as might seem advisable for her relief. The following committee was appointed: Major M. W. Ireland, U. S. A., Surgeon W. H. Bell, U. S. N., Dr. John F. Anderson, U. S. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, Dr. John D. Thomas, Washington, D. C., and Dr. A. S. von Mansfelde of Ashland, Neb.
Mrs. Carroll has