Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-29


hIbit, and viii show, for the first time
some novel apparatus uesigfi11 for the
cure OF certain diseases, which will be
Esubmitted to the medical profession for
criticai Examination. Mr. Tesla Is
huartily in sympathy with the objects
OF the exposition and will communicate
his Views as To some Of the possibilities
OF electricity in the prevention OF dis
case and the prolonggtion OF hunan
life. The photograph. the creation OF
Mr. Thomas a. Edison, win be shown
In applications which the public Is not
familiar with. not us n toy, but as
scientific Instrument which only needs
to be understood to be necessity In
every well equipped specialists and the
tory. With the cooperation of Tesla
and Edison. It ls hoped to place the
science of electro-therapeutics and the
surgical uses OF electricity upon an
honest basis, 10 establish their lcgltl-
macy, 10 show their limitations, and
to remove the cloud Of quackery under
which they have been too much en-
veloped.
Mr. Charles II. Wingate, the super
wishing director, says Of his part in the
cXpositlon:
"The present exposition is n product
Of evolution. and n striking instance of
taking the tide at the Hood. The inter-
est IN sanitary subjects Is confined to
y
Hall. the famous educator, devoted
fully half of his recent address on lay
ing the corner stone of n Woman's
College. to the subject of health. Spec
ial hygieuic departments are being
added in many periodicals, and health
articles IN much Of the woman's page
in the daily papers. Boards Of trade
and chambers Of commerce are alike
concerned in discussing measures for
the protection of the public health
In Atlanta Mt the present time there
is a smallpox scare. and. although no
deaths have been reported the loss to
merchants on their Christmas trade Is
estimated at Sl.000,000 a committee
OF the New York board of trade Is
taking active steps toward securing
n better quarantine system and n
national board Of health. The problem
of draining the Jersey Meadows is be-
ing practically considered as II matter
demanding Immediate action. At Pater-
son, an epidemic of typhoid fever has
drawn attention to the risks consequent
upon an impure milk supply. II Plain
field, every one Is Interested In the new
sewerage farm and the lately erected
garbage INSTRUCTOR Bayonne is com
cerned lest It's citizens should suffer
from the sewerage of Newark being
emptied In the New York bay. near their
shores. jersey City is alarmed at the
prospect OF II hugh abattoir for hogs
being erected there. And so in every
large and small community sanitary
problems are coming up for discussion
and Intelligent people are eager to be
enlightened regarding them.
Probably the most attractive feature
in the Exhibition will be the arrange
ment of what may be called sanitary
living pictures. to show certain features
In a practical way. For example, n
tenement house sweat shop win be
shown in actual operation, in Contrast
to model work shop with all modern
improvements; also n police lodging
room redolent with damp, and every
kind of foulness. side by side with a
model lodging house, such as may be
seen opposite Bellevue hospitals also
an old county poor house cell. with a
mad woman chained TO the floor, in
contrast to modern insane asylum
ward; a model school in contrast to an
un-model school, and so with every de-
partment practical hygionic.
THE list OF the advisory board al
ready appointed comprises more than
ninety specialists in the various lines
of sanitary work"