The Washington times., 1912-09-19
FUTURE OF BABIES
TOLD. BY LATEST
! SCIENCE DISCOVERY
Many Topics Hold Attention
., of Health Experts in
Z Sessions.

EugenlCS, tne war against the NOOK
worm, and the fight against bubonic
plague, new problems i'm anti-tubercu-
losis warfare, dangers in mineral
waters. discrepancies in vital statistics,
pollution of rivers and streams, sew
age disposal questions. and rural sani-
tary surveys were few of the themes
relating to public health discussed to-
day at the convention of the American
Public Health Association at the New
Willard, and at the Red Cross building,
under the auspices of the Congress on
Hygiene and Demography.
Tonight, at the willard. two of the
surgeons of the Public Health Service
will give papers on the prevention of
plague, and tomorrow DR.. woods Hut
Crimson, of New York, Is on the pro-
gram for two addresses. Assistant Sur
geon General w. c. Rucker. of the
Public Health Service, and Passed AS
Washington men who will tell of the
Governments long and so far success
ful fight to prevent plague entering
this country.
Vernon NJ. Cady, of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Sex Hygiene, gave the first
of many papers to come this week and
next on eugencs. Mr.. Cady expounded
the meaning of the name of this new
science.
fIeQlCtlOnS OF Accuracy.
Under the laws discovered by this
new science of eugenics," said the
speaker, lit now is possible to predict
with great accuracy the color of eyes
of any given child. and the prophecy
may be made as soon as the future
parents are married, only provided we
know certain details about their an
cestry.
The same assertion holds good with
reference to the probability of any given
child being a genius or possessing un-
usual musical talents, and. on the other
hand, we also may forecast pretty safe
ly whether it will turn out to be feeble
minded insane, an epileptic, or a deaf
mute
There is a great misconception re-
garding this new science. At present it
claims only to be a study of the inborr
qualities of men, with particular refer
enCe to the Improvement of mankind by
the laws of the inheritance of special
qualities.
The dierence between eugenics and
euthenics is the difference between ma
ture and nurture. Eugenics relates to
euthrniCs to the Improvement OF
people by the Improvement of their
cultural conditions.
And, in this connection, whatever
may be said of the higher attributes OF
mankind, certain things in the human
makeup are found to obey the same
laws of heredity as in that of the ami
Other lectures in the course, instituted
by the International Congress on Hy-
giene and Demography, will be given by
Dr. w; M. Hays, assistant secretary of
agriculture, and DR.. Charles b. Daven-
port, In charge of the laboratory OF eX-
perimental eugenics. Cold Springs. ~ Y
That old acquaintance of every one,
the coid storage egg, had word said
IN It's behalf today by Prof. William T.
tute of Technology, who led off in a
symposium on cold storage. Professor
Sidgwick defended cold storage in gem
eral' saying that although some cases
done harm have been reported, careful
investigation led him to believe that
the fault was not with the cold storage
system itself, but with the food at the
time 1t was put In the frigid warehouse.
UP to Health Boards.
Board of health should pay attention
to what goes into storage at the time
of entry" Professor Sidgwick said. land
not so much to what comes out. If It
Is all right when 1t goes in, 1t will be
all right when taken out later and
eaten.'
Cold storage is one of the greatest
blessings of modern times, according to
the speaker. 1t has cheapened prices
remarkably. For instance, Professor
Sidgwick said, without cold storage
eggs at Christmas time would cost 81
or So a dozen. AS it was, last Christ
mas reasonably good eggs could be
bought near Boston at 80 cents the
dozen.
Furthermore, according to the speak
er, cold storage has enormousl in
creased production. Without such
system farmers would bring to market
a big quantity of eggs one year and
almost none at all the next because
they had found ii had not paid and
would go into something else The same
Is true of many other food products.
"In short" Professor Sidgwick said,
"cold storage Is one of the greatest
boons mankind has eyer known. 1t has
increased the supply of food and low
cred the price From the sanitary as
well as the economic point of view 1t
is blessing because it gives us a much
greater variety of health-giving food
than existed in the olden days"
Prof. S. G. Prescott, of the MasSa-
chusetts Institute of Technology; Peter
II. Bryce, superintendent of immigra-
tion of Canada DR.. Mary E. Penning-
ton, a Philadelphia official of the Blu
Pease, of, the Lederle Laboratories Of
the indianapolis State Food and Drug
Commission, also took part in the sym
postum.
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