Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-01

so that the people might see
~ for themselves the wonderful
l. / AaA eye-story of American health
progress. The exhibition deals
l& with every phase of the ques-
ss ton Of hygiene and sanitation.
Is ~ E&I
is the hookworm cru
49, SADIE exhibit showing the worms
and their eggs showing
hookworm working its
through bare feet of child
A@4AGzAA2s sz@ and through into the
lungs and into the intestines Here Is model
OF a farm house with the adjacent we'll; the earth
on the side is cut and the visitor may see how
the water seeps down through the SOIL strikes the
veins in the rocks and the well; dan
gerousy nearby are the outhouses. the pig-sty and
the barnyard.
The typhoid germs may seen through a micro
scope and who sees the exhibit without
being convinced Here is the bubonic plague exhibit
showing the fleas that cause it, showing the rats
and the ground squirrels that it. and showing
the whole the method o. contracting the dis
ease SO conclusively and clearly that any child
understand it.
At another place is illustrated all kinds of meth
DDS of sewage disposal Here is a sewage bed WITH
hundred tiny fountains spraying material upon fine
~ crushed gravel and permitting the spectator to
follow the water until 1t is robbed of its entire Toad
of organic matter. Here filtration plant that
transforms polluted river water by tens of mil
lions of gallons into wholesome drinking water.
There the army illustrates how it is the greatest
germ murderer of history a mechanism has been
and passes water through it. thus killing every
germ contains equipped with a pressure
guage that regulates the amount of chlorine
nicely There is one little outfit that weighs less
than pounds which could be erected at small cost
by householder desiring protect himself against
a questionable supply. The navy shows IT'S
electric potato peeers which practically off tie
by friction, it's great electric dough mixers
which handle a barrel half of flour at
time, electric dsh-washers. and there is sail
table all ready set to the finely polished
copper coffee pot hanging at the end.
The exhibit of laboratory instruments especially
microscopes, is highly interesting. German manu-
facturer has chosen unique way to show off the
merits of his goods He has half dozen microscopes
set with slides showing in position. Here
is with drop of saliva powerful instEu-
ment reveals a thousand busy germs. some lazisy
floating around others darting and there with
the energy of eel; some of them like uncoied
spiral spring, like rod. and others like rin
head. Looking through another microscope the visi-
tor makes the acquaintance of typhus germ, and
through another lie the typhoid germ. Another
Instrument in this collection is mcrotome. Any
who has seen a breakfast bacon slicer at work can
understand the principle of mcrotome. It will
$4,000 slices the inch. Think of the biggest
abridged dictionary being. reduced small fraction
inch in thickness Tha is what could be
done if it possible to print it thin
the slices of parafin other material the mcfo
tome makes for the laboratory.
A large number of the states have contributed
special exhibits York has fine exhibit show
ing how is making itself of the leading states
has fine exhibit. Louisiana and California sent
special cars with exhibits These travel around
over the states which support them accompanied by
competent demonstrators and are perhaps the great
est factor in health education work to be found
The American Red Cross its booth, and here al
sorts of first aid" outfits displayed. cata-
logue of supplies is distributed There first aid
boxes for the household. first aid boxes for Che
first aid boxes for the street for the mine and
for the boy scout
One of the most encouraging signs of the times in
health movement is TO be found in the work that
is being done in the schools. is illustrated
Importance the success of dental
specton; there have children's cooking classes
prepare wholesome food for the children at
time; and at another place exhibit of child study
work. Sample bulletins. such are given to school
children in many states. are distributed
Industrial hygiene finds fine opportunity for dis
play. Behind the accident prevention movement are
the big insurance companies which write accident n
Elaborate publications are issued showing
methods of safeguarding machinery in all sorts of
factories. Here we learn how working rnachin-
may be made safe, there how elevators may af-
ford safe ups and downs those who do not climb
stairs A large number of manufacturers exhibit
models of their machinery made of the safe
guards that recommended by welfare workers
Many big corporations have exhibits of what they
practice well Of what they preach one of the
big insurance companies has full exhibit of all the
health literature it distributes. The major portion
of this literature is stikngly and convncngy
Illustrated Here is pamphlet with the story Of the
unclean grocery and the story of clean one in
pictures. Here is the milk problem solved and the
milk problem unsoved. In the Of pictures
there clean cows clean bottles and everything
clean from the udder of the the mouth OF the
baby The other set OF pictures shows the uncean
the unclean mixer. the tramp drinking from the
milk can and allowing milk to stream down over his
beard and into the again, the dirty grocery
dairy bucket pitcher with which housewife
carries it home The baby in the milk home s
fat sassy" while the poor thing in The
other set of pictures looks its days were num-