The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-07
World OF Health
VIII Be Feature
OF New YorkFair

NEW YORK (Spec.uD.-In a mill
Hon-dollar medical and public health
project of the New York Worlds Fair
of 1899, man viii be able actually to
see himself in a way never before pos
sible. He viii be able TO watch the
operation Of the various Intricate or
ganS which give him life. Also he viii
learn what science is doing FOR his
bodily welfare and for that of the
community in which he resides. lie
will be told in new and dramatic man
ner how TO take advantage of the
means, already at his hand, to insure
his health and that of his family.
In no other international exposition
than the NewYork Fair has a separate
building been assigned for prescnta-
ton of the story Of medicine and
public health. This structure, solely
devoted to such a story, VIII be in the
heart of the main exhibit area AL
though not yet definitely named, ii
viii house "A World OF Health
The exhibits for it are being p AIMED
by a General Advisory Committee
composed of l0l national, state and
local New York authorities on medi-
cine and health already appointed by
Grover Whalen, President of HE Fair
Corporation. Chairman OF TINS Com
mittee is Dr. Victor Heiscr, whose
reputation in these fields is iu,c-ua-
tional
Animated Displays
There win be assembled IN this
building displays both colorful and
animated which VIII portray mans
anatomy ana physiology and the work
ings Of his numerous organs. 10 other
words, visitors to the building VIII
have an opportunity to see jus; what
makes them tick Even one round
of this building viii tell them more
about themselves than they have ever
before known. Exhibits Of the build
up and operation OF human digestive
nervous and breathing apparatus VIII
be so simply and UNDERSTANDABLE
shown that descriptive matter viii be
practically unnecessary. The eye VIII
be able to read the story without
difficulty
The building % be e cc,ej l4I THESE
exhibits at an estimated cost of $780,
600, viii be divided into three main
chambers Of great size TO be dcsignat-
ed as The Hall Of Man The Hail of
Medical Science and The Hall of
Public Health
A notable novelty in the presenta-
ton of exhibits in this building is that
the visitor. in addition to seeing many
which have never before been shown
in public. will be able to manipu-
late several of the cCmpac3-c. models
to produce. himself the effects they
were contrived to demonstrate.
Skull in Large Size
1t is contemplated to construct
model of the human eye Of such great
size that visitors viii be able to get
inside it in groups and look through
the giant pupil and, by adjusting lev
ers, see what the outer world looks
like to the far sighted person, to one
nearsighted and to one who may be
cross-eyed or have other defect Of
vision.
Another exhibit IN prospect will be
skull of such proportions that visi-
tors may likewise get inside it and
walk about TO make themselves fam
iliar with its structure, the cavities in
which the eyeballs rest, and how the
teeth are set in the jaws. Also they
will be able to 60 to the rear part Of
it where there is the large opening
through which breath passes on its
way to the lungs and food on its jour-
ney to the stomach.
As Mr. Whalen pointed out in an
nouncing the creation Of the Fairs
Advisory Committee on Medicine and
Public Health, "the exhibits are not
for doctors, but for the averaae man
who often gets into trouble because
he doesn't know the dangers nor even
the danger signals when it comes to
matters of health preservation"