THE 



POPULAR SCIENCE 



MONTHLY. 



FEBRUARY, 1912 



THE INTERNATIONAL HYGIENE EXHIBITION AT 



DRESDEN 



By Dr. HENRY G. BEYER 



MEDICAL DIRECTOR, U. S. NAVT, U. S. DELEGATE TO THE EXPOSITION 



THE " Internationale Hygiene Ausstelliing, Dresden, 1911," has by 

 this time closed its doors and passed into history. It was one of 

 those rare and remarkable creations of the human mind that will abso- 

 lutely refuse to die. The exposition itself was only the opening scene 

 in a performance which had its beginning in the month of May and 

 ended with a climax in the month of October, when the curtain dropped. 

 Its real work, though impressive and monumental from the start, has 

 only just begun. Little folks and little minds may criticize the little 

 imperfections about it from a distance. Those who are in the habit of 

 looking for principles in things with broad and generous minds, having 

 taken the trouble to visit and study the exposition more conscientiously, 

 were overwhelmed with its grandeur, its beauty and the nobility of the 

 motives underlying the undertaking. Fortunate indeed are those who 

 were allowed to witness the great event, still more fortunate those who 

 may count themselves active participants in it. For, nntliing, no event 

 in history, could be cited as showing the working of the human mind in 

 the Germanic race of man, as illustrating it in all its splendid attributes 

 and as placing it in a clearer light, to better advantage, than did this 

 magnificent hygienic exposition. No other human endeavor could be 

 cited as showing the ultimate motive power in the accumulation of 

 personal wealth to be, in reality, that of aquiring the ability and power 

 of giving to others and of, thus, contributing to the happiness of others, 

 than did this exposition. As an organized endeavor to prevent sick- 

 ness and prolong human life, to project the living laws of health and 

 happiness into the minds, the hearts and the very homes of people, it 

 certainly surpassed anything of the kind in the whole history of 

 hygiene and sanitation. 



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