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hygienically considered the most interesting. That the sun-dried soil 

 of Egypt contributed largely to the results obtained is shown when 

 original mummies are compared with the results obtained by artificial 

 drying of animal bodies. To what an alarming extent organized disease- 

 producers had been at work thousands of years ago, on the Nile, is 

 abundantly shown in a large collection of preparations of Egyptian 

 origin in glass bottles. 



The statues of the Venus of Praxiteles and of the Doryphoros of 

 Polyklet serve to show how much attention was paid already in those 

 early times by the Greeks to the care and systematic development of the 

 human body from early childhood throughout adult life. That the 

 goddess Hygeia stood in great esteem in ancient Greece is shown in 

 citations from Grecian poets. Models of the recent excavations of the 

 town of Salona in Dalmatia show us a typical Eoman provincial town 

 with its splendid streets, water-supply and sewer systems and bathing 

 establishments ; a third model, also, shows one of the thermal establish- 

 ments of Imperial Rome, that of Caracalla. Storerooms for provisions, 

 grain mills and kitchen hearths of Greco-Eoman culture are shown in 

 the form of models. Wall pictures complete the illustrations of the 

 dietary customs of ancient Eome and Greece. Numerous models of 

 Etruskan and Sardinian types of houses showing the construction of 

 latrines, the methods of lighting and heating, their bathing establish- 

 ment, treats exhaustively of the home life of these times. 



A special room is devoted to showing how great and thorough were 

 the hygienic precautions promulgated in both Greece and Italy. These 



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