Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

sub-class 5-Ships, war, merchant, yachts:
a. Heating and ventilating b. Living accom-.
modations. G. Quarters for sick.
Glass 2-Personsl Hygiens.-Sub-class G.
Clothing: To include materials, processes and
fabrics. a. Specimens Of fabrics used for
clothing with statements Of their relative power
OF resistance to absorption or transmission of
heat, their relative fexibility. durability fast
or fugitive color, DC. b. Body garments pro-
viding against cold, rain. dry or damp heat,
dust and attacks OF insects. G. India rubber,
gutta percha and other waterproois d. Head
and foot coveringa e Military, naval and in
dustrial costumes.
Sub class 7.-Food: a. Food supplied BY the
animal kingdom. b. Food supplied by the veg
etable kingdom. C. Secreted and extracted pro-
ducts. d. Condiments. e. Narcotics and mas
ticatories. + Beverages and drinks. 9. Micro
scopic preparations illustrative of genuine and
adulterated food articles. h. Culinary science
and dietaries. !. Military and naval rations.
Il. Personal regimen-exercise. I Special hy-
giene OF professional occupations.
B.-DEPARrMENr OF LIFE SAVING AND PRE-
SERVING.
Sub-class 8-Public Hygiene: a. Life saving
from fire. B. Protection against lightning. c.
Protection against inundstions. d Protection
against explosions. &. Protection against acct
dents in submarine works. f. Protection
against accidents in mines. Q. Safety appli-
ances IN travelling on land. h. Safety appli-
ances In travelling on water. 1. Prevention Of
the accidents, mi uries and diseases incident to
industrial employment. K. Prevention of con-
taSious diseases. l. Attendance to persons
wounded in war--ambulances, cots, litters and
other apparatus. M. Attendance TO persons
accidentally in ured in peaceful pursuits n
Fragments OF exploded boilers, heaters, tubes,
&C., damaged by pressure, frost, acids, scales
and other deposits.
D.-Department of Literature and Draw
lngs.-Works of reference. pamphlets, reports,
DC, pertaining to the foregoing Classification;
views, plans, designs, maps, charts, Nlustra-
tions, DC.
LIBRARY ON HYGIENE.
Among the first efforts Of the founder was to
collect library on hygiene that would be the
equal OF any in tho United States, and from
few books and periodicals he has succeeded in
bringing together over l6, 600 volumes, without
auPncates, touching upon all topics aud en-
oracing In an incomplete, but rapidly aug
menting collection, the health and progress
OF nyglenlc study in each state, as represented
In the annual health reports aud other similar
public documents. The value of this library
10 shown every day in the references that are
made to it by those outside taking an interest
in the subject and also in the use made of it
by the officers on duty in the museum.
There Is quite a large collection on the Sec
ond floor of the museum that should form a
useful object lesson to all Washingtonian
contained all sorts OF things that relate to man
ana his coverings and surroundings. There is
certain tinge Of the naval Investigations yet
10 be seen, a suspicion of q flavor of the salt
Az or the sea, but the general character Of the
work has been gradually changed, SO that in
stead OF being exclusively a service institution
1t Is devoted to all mankind, whether or not it
is Of the sort that goes down to the sea in
ships.
Down stairs there 10 neat waiting room or
parior, which Is jointly used with the dis
pensary, but which belongs to the museum
containing several charts relating to the study
OF mushrooms and other such foods two or
three groups of portraits of inguished
medical men, the handsome bronze tablet de-
signed to perpetuate tne memory of Surgeon
Amber, who was lost during one of the Inflated
arctic explorations, and a curiously shaped
piece Of furniture that seems to be composed
mainly OF a hole through the center. In the
hands of one who knows how to manipula te it
TINS continuance becomes q complete micro
scopic panorama of some of the odd and
dangerous little animals that have habit Of
living simply, II would seem, for the purpose
OF annoying man and keeping his death rate up
to the highest point, besides giving trouble to
census enumerators Here, on large glass
slides, are nearly fifty of the most common
bacteria and other such minute elements of dis
ease enlarged al incredible number of times
and SO arranged that one can be seen at time
by certain movement Of the large wooden
frames.
DIR. WALES IN CHARGE.
The museum is at present appropriately in
charge of ex-Surgeon General Wales who en-
tered upon the duty o short time ago. 1t is
his determination to develop the institution to
a higher plane of usefulness than it now occu-
pies, by securing lectures on popular and scien-
tifc health topics from men OF recognized au-
thorty and skill, by obtaining q larger and
hence more efficient force of assistants, and by
getting together fund for the necessary ex-
penses OF conducting valuable scientific re-
searches and Investigations, as we'll as of the
publica ton from time to time of pamphlets
and monographs containing the results of the
work, printed in such a form that they will
serve As guide books Of health to the populace.
His Office ID in the second story, a bright, sun
lit room, in which are several interesting
models and exhibits. One of these is
GROUP OF BURIAL APPLIANcEs-
for hygiene has to do with the dead az we'll as
the living-such as stone casket filed with
the charred remains of some noble Roman or
possibly they may be the relics of an entire
family. 1t seems that the Caesars and their
neighbors, on both sides of time, had habit
of burning corpses and the grayish. chalky-
looking fragments in the urn are the cacined
bones that held human flesh centuries ago.
The top and sides are beautifully ornamented
and the whole Is quite work of art. On the
same table is a sort of miniature circus ring
inclosed by high fence and approached by an
inverted tobosgan slide. This is Parses
burying ground, inside Of which are three
symmetric2lly arranged rows of inches around
central hole or pit into which the
bones Of the departed are thrown after the
vultures, which perch on the high encompass
ing walls, have picked them. Tie outer circle
is for males, the second one for females and
the inner circle is for children, with the inches
of q corresponding size. Small drains lead
down the slope which forms the floor of this
gruesome ampitheater. for the purpose OF car
rying into the central pit the fluids Of the
bodies.
CREMATORY MODEL.
As a fitting compliment to this interesting
tableful of graveyards another corner of the
room contains \ working model of a crematory
made of iron, in which it is possible to reduce
to dust the bodies of any small animals Rats
that have ventured into the traps of the mu-
scum have here been calcined, in order to
demonstrate the practlcability of tho system of
cremation. Standing on the floor in front of
the mantei is an interesting exhibit OF plumb
ing, showing that all that glitters is not gold,
in sanitary mechanics as well as in other mat
tiers. Four specimens of lead joining showing
the futility of an inspection of lead joints that
stops short Of cutting the pipe open are shown,
neatly fastened to a board and labeled Defect
i've Bath and Basin Connections" The joints
are well made as regards their outside, smooth
and clean, well wrapped and soldered, but the
be very faulty. Large drops of solder had been
allowed to get inside of the joint until the pipe
opening was over half obscured. In one in
stance the inch of space WAS reduced to that of