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 Rh The International Sanitary Bureau of American Republics was his suggestion, and was provided for by the conference of American States, held in Mexico, 1900-01. Its chief object is the elimination of yellow fever from the ports and cities of Central and South America.

An act to regulate the sale of viruses, serums, toxins and similar products, and interstate traffic in such materials, was approved July 1, 1902, and gave new duties to the service. The accompanying regulations provided for the inspection of all factories engaged in the production of vaccines, serums, etc., by officers of the public health and marine hospital service. The inspecting officers go without previous announcement to the different manufactories, and report on the methods and conditions of these factories, and licenses are given or withheld on the recommendations made in these reports.

The "Journal of the American Medical Association," 1904, gives this summary of the work of Doctor Wyman: "The administration of Surgeon-General Wyman, aside from the great expansion of the public health work of the service, has been characterized by marked improvement in methods of bureau administration and station inspection. This result has been effected by revised regulations, by reorganization of the bureau, and by more systematic inspections and reports of all classes of stations. These inspections extend to the fifty vessels employed in quarantine work—steamers, barges, and launches."

Doctor Wyman is the author of many pamphlets concerning the public health, especially on the subject of quarantine and sanitation; and his professional qualifications are such as to make his work on these and kindred subjects an authority and his publications of recognized value. He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; of the Sons of the Revolution; the Colonial Wars; the National Geographic Society; the American Medical Association; the American Public Health Association; American Association for Advancement of Science; Academy of Sciences; Academy of Medicine; Society for Psychical Research; American Climatological Association; Columbia Historical Society; National Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis. He has held office in several learned and social organizations, acting as president of the American Public Health Association, 1902 and 1903. He is now president of the Association of Military Surgeons, 1904 and 1905, and vice-president of the American National Red Cross. He has presided over several other societies. He is an