New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-23
WORLD SCIENTISTS HERE
TO AID HUMAN LIFE
Taft Welcomes 5000 Delegates
to Hygiene Congress at
Washington To-day.
MAMMOTH HEALTH EXHIBIT
Hundreds of Lectures on the
Conservation of Man To Be
Made by Men from Every
Important Country.
From The Tribune Bureau

Important Country.
From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Sept. 22.--lundreds Of dis
tinguIshed scientists from all parts OF the
world arrived here to-day for the opening
of the International Congress on hygiene
and Demography tomorrow. President
TAFT Will welcome the three thousand
delegates. representing thirty-thrcc ma
tiors. garden party and reception 10
the delegates will be- held at the Nhlt'
House In the afternoon. Every state IN
the Union Is represented among the dele
gates
Henry ". Wolcott. president Of the
Massachusetts Board ~ Health ana pres
ldent Of the congress. will call the gather
ing 10 order ut IL a. IN. tomorrow at
Continental Hall. after which President
Taft viii extend the hospitality ot the
national capital To the delegates. Each
Of the heads of the thlrty-throe dcltSa-
tons Will respond To- the President
greetings After the responses are made
the congress will plunge at once into a
discussion 81 the problem OF conserving
human life and health.
There are Two main divisions Of the
congress. nine sections and two sub-ser-
lions At the sessions u each OF the sec
tions and suh-sectiOns addresses t0tallinS
hundreds will be delivered and papers
read. The discussion viii be opened by
Professor Max Rubncr. of the Emperor
Frederick William University, Berlin
president OF the permanent international
Commission OF the Congresses ot HygieIc
and Demography. who will deliver an ad-
dress on the general subject. on Monday
evening Sir Thomas oliver. University ~
Durham College of Medicine Newcastle.
England. will address the pl"nary session
on Dust and Fumcs-The Foes OF Indus
trial Life"
New York Scientists to Speak.
The New York scientists who Niil read
paper. before tho various sections to-
morrow are:
pr Daniel Warren Poor and Or. Edna
StcinhaIdt. OF the Department OF h"ai'h,
New roIK tity. som" rNr"rimrh's on
the Nature 81 IN" Virus Of kani'a Ut
Peyton rous. OF tn RorK".cllor institute,
Transmission ~ Malignant Iumof ~
"A Filt-rabl- Agent: ~. prHhan l'uSh
Cornell lniv~rsity. 'lnhurnC" OF f"'n
Murlin. cornell DnivcrrIty Medical Col
lcgc, Nutrition - IN" Euuilo ~.
Francis ~ Mc'ruddcn, RD'H'irbef ~
stitutc Nutrition aud Crown 81 bnh, D
Or Mary sutton MACY. school ui leaA-
gogv. New York University. !nsuu, ION
in child hygiene. ~. La : VIE. fI"h
for Teaching school hNs'u' 'i. ',la.'
y. klmtall. FougHh.rpsi" %, uh1 ii ~, ,i.'
= 4 nulphu-kHuUf. Pos,-bfuduatr Mel
teal School and Hospital sew foTN
/ CITY. open AIT schools Or John ~.
/ Cronin, Department 81 Health, New YORK
! civ Preventative Against Infection .
Or Abraham l.. Npiharrt New loih
/ civ. "OccuTgrur- 81 Syrhllis ana ION
orrnra IN Children hy Direct Infection
Dr. Elias q. HroWu. Aiaben. y Y. Sex
| Professor Frederic : lee. Columbia lnl-
yersity. Effects OF Irmp"ratur" and
! Humidity Oh Fatigue Miss Josephine
| t;oldmars. National Consumers l"aFu'.
New York City. "FaugI" and lts APplic"-
/ lion 10 Industrial WORKERS Dr. 'harlcH
| Norris bellevue Hospital. bacillus car
rers Dr. Herbert y. Peas, Led,rl"
! IahorstorteE "Shcllnsh. Particularly oyS-
trra. ~ Relation 90 Infectious Disease
Colonel ". g. Gorgls. ID" army medical
officer who made tire Panama Canal Zone
bealthfu. viii speak OF n Healthfnl
Place" Or Jacques Bcrtillon. chief oil
tie Bureau of Municipal Statistics. Paris
and other scientific teachers from each OF
the countries represented will take part
In the discussions during the week..
In the sixty years OF It's existence this
Il the first time the congress has met IN
the United states. Suprcm" efforts have
been put forth by the American commit
tee IN charge of arrangement to make
the session one that will rank IN import
ancc with any ever held.
4 great exhibit has been prepared In q
| building erected for the purpose, con-
tanning almost every conceivable device
OF any value IN the promotion OF health
ideas. Prevention ~ tho word which
well might be inscribed over the entrance
to the exhibition hall. FOR a majority o,
the sanitary arrangements set forth there
from the Fill that fig" sign In the clean
market 10 the big model OF city mira
ton plant. contain the idea that AN
ounce OF prevention is worth pound OF
cure" What the nation, through the
United States public health se.vlc" and
rs other bureaus. IS doing and what the
states and cities ana hundreds OF private
charities are doing In their efforts tn con-
serve the human strength Of the country,
is shown by models OF all sorts.
Tho United States navy "a represented
by AN operating room OF n battleship and
by "A shin kitchen where the latest devices
for preparing large quantities OF food
with speed and cleanliness are shown.
The army has erected "A number Of Its
ovens Of various types 10 show how II
| provides food for liz men and n complete
hospital corps Is encamped right outside
the doors Of the exhibition building, ready
either for play or actual service
How the tenement house dwellers OF
large cities are being taught better hOus-
| ing and living conditions. what large
manufacturing concerns and other employ
ers are doing for tho we'll being OF their
employees. what colleges are doing In their
physical development departments how
the lives Of babies are being looked after.
what childrens Fairgrounds are accom-
plishing. what the United States Bureau
Of Animal Industry Is striving for IN It's
meat inspection. model dairy and other
| work-these and numerous similar human
| conservation enterprises are brought To
the eye Of the visitor by working models.
| HEARD SAD NEWS OF T. R.
Has He Been Treating Friends