The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-14
DOCTORS ar THE FAIR.
A Richmond Physician Teiis Of the Won
d-rs That Await Them.

d-rs That Await Them.
SO far as ! have seen In descrlpuols
Of the Worlds Fair and letters from
regular correspond ,nts. no msntion what
ever has been made OF a most instructive
and elaborate department, which ! shaii
call the educational exhibit. Indeed so
vast is this subject. like everything else
connected with the Exposition. that
small volume alone could be written about
II. but will conflne my remarks TO the
one part which interests me most ana
NAV be OF service 10 the members OF
the medical profession.
First In the Illinois state building, so
which the State appropriated Ss~VD'
a complete exposition In itself, there Is
a department costing $4,000 set apart
for normal, common schools and univer-
stiles. There are series Of partition"d
rooms devoted 20 special purposes. In one
is a library consisting Of some 800 volumes
and on n large reading table are maya
zines. pamphlets and contributions re-
lating TO chronological work. In the al
ioining rooms are found powerful micro
scopes for this special form on WORK.
bellows for initiating larvae dissectins
microscopes, rcagent cases, mlcrotoihes
and working tables Then follow various
kinds OF building cases for the study OF
mo ne history OF insects disastrous 10
fruits vegetables and grain. Under glass
cssed breeding boxes may be seen III
various stages Of development ana grown
the cooling moth on maple leaves anu
willow stems peach curcuhos' young
locusts Matching on willow t"lss' pm
blight" chermes pinicorticus' ceclaoinS,u
calls on grasses, coleoptera boring III
onnle twlgs. wheat infested by the angou-
mois grain moth. apparatus for the study
~ tho Uessian fly I'm the field, culture jars
Tor growing parasitic fungi in quantities
scale insects on grape vines cages Iol
Ground insects and the army worm Inc
diseases which effect plant life can onIy
he cured when the causes are known
and all OF these special appliances are
for the purpose OF close stuoy Vi . t,
birth life and work Of the destructive
creatures The definite information mus
| cained is utilized by the scientists III
| onulving the remedies. which are almost
as varied as in the human Dody' Vi
/ instance. there are certain insects Whl-u
tod ON the destructive ones, and not on
! tho plants: certain others have 10 pe
/ treated with germicides. and still others
must be completely eXterminated Dy HIe
alone. o..,,o-i-
mental psvchology is filled with the newest
and most approved apparatus Tor testlhs
/ and recording our sensations. VISITORS are
! much Interested in the personal chdt
/ faristcs which are here brought OUT
! Cotton. OF England. has perhaps cone
| more 10 develop this subject than any
/ living man. There are instruments loi
/ testing the muscular sense the automa-
| tograpb kymograph for recording, chro-
noeraph for measuring the time OF men
! TAI Impressions. different weights usea
| for muscular pressure sensation ne"
! form of machine for the diagnosis OF
color-blindness. drop-shutter for reaction
| time and other experiments.
The United States Marine Hospilai ser
| ,,ice is i'm the Government building near
the Smithsonian Institute exhibit. III is
under the charge Of Or. j. j. hinyouh'
who receives all doctors very cordially
and offers them every facility for inves-
| ugation. The laboratory is small put
very complete one. Here VIII De iouhu d
nne micro photograph. In constant ust'
several assistants preparing plate-cui-
lures. sterilizing tubes ana carrying vi
aU Of the Investigations relating 10 pdo
tsr,ological work. There are on hand at
present some two hundred micro-organ-
isms for investigation, various waters LOT
/ driuIyine purposes. cholera civilizations
and models Of disinfecting apparatus.
I'm the anthropological exhibit Is also
, dne displav of machines, engines, mod
ole and methods used by the Chlleu
| States Government and some OF 'he
Southern cities notably. New orleans
for wholesale disnfectine OF houses yes,
ee1s merchandise by the car-loau anu
,..@Io,,tions 10 be taken by individuals.
THE Army Medical Department also has
Gne display OF specimens in alcohol
| and wax. plates and photographs, htters
and various ways Of transporting the
| sick and wounded by land or water
| models of hospitals and institutions Tor
teaching sanitary science and Very
good chemical and psychological laD-
! OratOry. ,....
T am afraid my letter is too uninter-
! .st,rg for the general reader but my
| object is to point out some few thinss
which will alone repay any medical or
scientific man TO visit at this, the most
! wonderful of fairs. NJ. j. H. IL