The American Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 2) VOL. IV. APRIL, 1909. No. 2. AMERICAN RED CROSS BULLETIN NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON D C Yearly Subscription, 50 cents. Single Copy, 15 cents. (Issued Quarterly.) =ADVANCED SPECIALTIES FOR SICKROOM AND HOSPITAL.= “MEINECKE” TRADE MARK SIMPLEX SANITARY PAPER SPUTUM CUP With Hinged Cardboard Cover which Closes Automatically A NEW CUP AND COVER TO BE USED DAILY AND TO BE BURNED WITH CONTENTS PATENTED OCT. 29, ’07 [Illustration: PAPER CUP CUP IN HOLDER WITH COVER RAISED WIRE HOLDER] The “SIMPLEX” Is the Most Practical and Best Paper Sputum Cup on the Market SIX REASONS WHY 1.—It is already folded into shape for immediate use. 2.—Each Cup has a cardboard cover, attached with a paper hinge, and both Cup and cover are burned after being in use a day. 3.—The cover is easily and quickly raised, and closes automatically. 4.—The Cup having no flanges, allows free entrance of sputum. 5.—It is made of heavy manila, waterproof paper, which, being light in color, facilitates ready examination of the sputum. 6.—It has a neat wire holder, which is easily kept clean. RETAIL PRICES NO. 1 PACKAGE 10 paper Cups, with covers and one Wire Holder, 25c PER PACKAGE NO. 2 PACKAGE 10 paper Cups, with covers, but without the Holder, 20c PER PACKAGE Some prefer to use a new Holder with every ten Cups, but one Holder will do for a hundred or more. PRICE OF HOLDER, IF SOLD SEPARATELY, 10c. EACH _Special Prices Made to Hospitals and Sanatoriums_ Sent by Mail, Prepaid, upon Receipt of Price. =MEINECKE & COMPANY 48-50 Park Place New York= THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Officers _President_, HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT. _Vice-President_, ROBERT W. DE FOREST. _Treasurer_, HON. CHAS. D. NORTON. _Counselor_, HON. LLOYD W. BOWERS. _Secretary_, CHARLES L. MAGEE. _Chairman of Central Committee_, MAJOR-GENERAL GEO. W. DAVIS, U. S. A. (Ret.) _National Director_, ERNEST P. BICKNELL. Board of Consultation BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE H. TORNEY, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. REAR ADMIRAL PRESLEY M. RIXEY, Surgeon-General, U. S. Navy. SURGEON-GENERAL WALTER WYMAN, U. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. Central Committee 1908-1909 Major-General GEORGE W. DAVIS, U. S. A. (ret.), _Chairman_. Brigadier-General GEORGE H. TORNEY, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. Hon. HUNTINGTON WILSON, Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Hon. CHARLES D. NORTON, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, U. S. Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C.