The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-09-17
DR.. OSCAR BOWLING
TALKS ON HEAL I'll
Many People Visited Health
Car" Yesterday
"
PICTURES ARE SHOWN
DR.. Bowling Talked to Large Crowd
Last Night on ''The Peslly Fly
Summer Babies" and
Other Topics
PICTURES ARE SHOWN

Dr. Oscar bowling and his Louisiana
state Health Exhibit Car arrived in
Birmingham early yesterday morning.
The car was placed on a siding on the
Southern railroad tracks at tine Twentieth
street crossing and during the day many
people viewed the exhibits IN the car. d..
Bowling is on the way to sttcaJ the L.
tcrnational Congress Of Hygiene and
Demography. which meets in Washington,
ID. c., September % till September 81.
This year = the fist time the congress
has ever been held in the United states,
the last meeting occurring IN Perrin i've
years ago Noted physicians from ali
over the world Will attend The congress
in Washington Accompanying Or. bowl
ing on the trip are Mayer Newhauser,
inspector of the state board Of health "
Louisiana; Dr. G. b. Adams, assistant
state sanitarian; Miss Agnes .Iorlis. lee
turer School Hygiene and Miss
Butts. stenographer The party travel IL
Il private car, which is attached 10 the
state exhibit car.
Last night DIR. Bowling addressed a
large audience in the auditorium OF the
Chamber OF Commerce. Many OF the
physicians of the city We're present and
many ladies' were in the audience. DR..
bowling is pleasing speaker and hes
numerous lantern slides with which to IL
lustrate his talk. Three moving picture
Aims were also shown last night Or.
bowling was introduced by Dr.. w. J..
McAdory, who stated that an introduce
ton was hardly necessary as Or. bowling
had already been introduced TO the Amer
lean people in the column Who's Who
and Why" in the Saturday Evening Post.
The first point in the lecture last night
was a series of miscellaneous pictures. OF
dairies, slaughter houses and shops show
ing the danger of buying non-inspected
beef Or. Bowling told of the improve
ments in the diaries of Louisiana and tie
troubles the officials had in Cleaning up
the places outside pictures showing the
filthy conditions of streets were shown.
The old method OF garbage cans was dis
cussed and the new method showing the
cleaner streets.
The first OF the moving pictures showed
the work against tuberculosis and the Red
Cross seal campaign. One picture was
devoted to the impurity of water. tie
moral being boil your water. THE
Pesky Fly" was also shown and the
spread of disease through this insect dis
cussed
The last picture was on Summer
Babies" DR.. Bowling said that babies
should not be given ccffee, neor or tea,
but that they should be given plenty OF
pure water and milk and an abundance
of fresh air. The sanitary drinking cup
was discussed and plea made for liz
use DR.. bowling told many interesting
stories of his work in Louisiana.
The special car lett Birmingham late
last night for Atlanta, where Dr. Dowling
will lecture tonight From Atlanta the
car will go to Spartanburg. Greenvile
Lynchburg and on into Washington
One of the most interesting exhibits on
the car is the pictures Of the compositions
of foodstuffs. number of interesting ex-
hibits from the Souchon museum at Tu-
lane university attracted a great zeal of
attention yesterday.
A miniature sanitary slaughter house
which 1t was stated was built by an in
sane man in the asylum. was IN object
of interest to many people. A number OF
pictures illustrating the benefit of viyi-
section occupied important positions in
the car. complete exhibit o. Louisiana
food products, sanitary groceries, meat
markets and diaries was very Interesting
and instructive to the many who visited
the car.