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Show DEVELOPMENT OF HYGIENICS. One general remark may show the modern development of hygienics. At the first exhibition of hygienics In Berlin, nearly thirty years ago, the Institutions and contrivances for securing se-curing the lives and limbs of working men filled by far the greatest part of the exhibition. Now we are so far advanced that a systematic survey can be briefly given, and will bo easily appreciated by means of statistical tables. Who wishes to see details of this side of social protection would better go to the permanent exhibitions of the German empire, to the Bavar: ian museum of workmen or to similar institutions in other states of Europe. At Dresden only new inventions or comprehensive data of the results were admitted, as space is limitod. But-TTe learn enough to be quite sure that the modern methods of fighting Infectious diseases, such as smallpox, diphtheria, consumption, etc . have proved of enormous value to the public pub-lic health A special building is devoted de-voted to the achievements of chemistry chemis-try for hygienic and cosmetic purposes. pur-poses. Then tho hygienics of the nursery, of schools, of apprentices form a section Very elaborate are the exhibits showing modern lighting and cleaning the streets, waterworks, sewers and burying the dqad. For the hygienics of food and drink a special building is reserved. Tho sanitary requirements of every army and nav as well as ot the tropics, are Well represented. Nor is tho importance im-portance of si orts for the health of the nations overlooked. But there is An,e . divjsion of quite unique interest merest In the handsome ponnanont ;buTIajng Included In the exhibition grounds there is a historical a' ' ethnographic eth-nographic exhibition, of h, ales. Never, before has so much valuable material beon brought together We wer astonished to get evidence how already in prehistoric times hygienic considerations Influenced the daily life of mankind, and that uncivilized nations have developed habits from which we may have still to learn. Thus one leaves the exhibition with a firm conviction that the efforts for hygienic hy-gienic improvement form a tie of common com-mon Interest around all nations on earth. A symptom of this brotherly bond we recognize also In the fact that the French republic officially partook of this exhibition on Gorman syll nad devoted public money for this purpose. It is the first time since the Franco-Prussinn war that the chamber cham-ber agreed to such a plan. Continental Conti-nental Correspondence. |