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of the exliibit got tip in so short a time and covering ahiiost every 

 department in hygiene. A pavilion several times its size could scarcely 

 have held any more than did this small pavilion of Great Britain. 

 Much of this success, of which the British people may feel proud indeed, 

 is no doubt due to the personal efforts of Sir Thomas Barlow, The 

 Right Honorable Lord Ilkeston, Professor G. Sims Woodhead, the 

 pxecutive committee, and to the untiring energy of its skilful and 

 learned executive secretary and demonstrator, H. W. Arm it. 



France. — The pavilion erected by the government of the Republic 

 of France, was one, characteristic of the eighteenth century French 

 architecture, designed by M. Tronchet, the architect-in-chief of the 

 French government. Beautiful in construction and appearance, it was 

 further favored by location. 



The French executive committee, of which Professor Fuster was 

 chairman and Drs. Calmette and Landouzy members, had been obliged 

 to adhere to a program of exhibiting none but objects of an adminis- 

 trative and philanthropic character. If industrial exhibits were never- 

 theless accorded a place they only served the purposes of demonstrating 

 the progress made in technique employed in vaccination, disinfection, 

 canalization, sterilization and the methods of water-supply. 



The bulk of the exhibits consisted in collections of drawings, paint- 

 ings, photos, models, relief maps, charts, showing the achievement of 

 French scientists along hygienic and philanthropic lines. A most 

 creditable as well as a most beautifully arranged exhibit. 



Japan. — The pavilion of Japan, planned by Dr. ing. C. Ito of Tokio 

 and executed by Alfred Pusch, Dresden, was characteristic of the coun- 

 try, simple, impressive, artistic, economical as well as adapted to its 

 purposes. The commission sent by Japan consisted of eight represen- 

 tatives of the government, famous for the work they had done in their 

 respective lines and one of the best known among which was Professor 

 Dr. Miyajima, of the Imperial Institute for Infectious Diseases of 

 Tokio. 



The exhibits covered almost every department of hygiene, making 

 this exhibition one of the completest in this respect among foreign pavil- 

 ions. A fine model of Fujiama greeted the visitor on entering. The 

 beauties of the country, its climate, were abundantly shown by models, 

 drawings, pastels, photos, etc. The hygiene of nutrition, of clothing, 

 the methods of housing and living, education of children in schools 

 and homes, the care of the sick, safety devices, the prevention of epi- 

 demics, the history of development of medical sciences in the country 

 all have received careful attention. But most impressive, if not posi- 

 tively inspiring, were the exhibits and background paintings showing 

 the work of the sanitary corps while an action was in progress as well 

 as that of the army field kitchen. 



A special pavilion, " Formosa," under the special care of Dr. Takaki, 



