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served to show the great sanitary improvements made by the govern- 

 ment of Japan since it had taken possession of that island. 



Italy.- — In spite of the fact that Italy, during 1911, had to supply 

 three different expositions of its own, namely: Eome, Turin and Flor- 

 ence, it found means of erecting and supplying a pavilion of its own in 

 Dresden. The six groups into which the exhibits were divided were 

 arranged in very good taste, giving and making a rather artistic impres- 

 sion. The exhibits were for the most part statistical and graphic. 



Austria. — Austria's pavilion was one of the largest and perhaps the 

 richest of all the foreign pavilions erected at the exposition. It repre- 

 sented a multum in parvo of the whole subject of hygiene and no simple 

 .description could do it justice; we must refer to the special catalogue 

 ;find guide, published by the administration, for a detailed list of the 

 ^'exhibits and of the distinguished names of their contributors, as well as 

 jthe corps of managers who had charge of this pavilion. 



Russia. — Eussia had been one of the first foreign countries declaring 

 its readiness to erect a special pavilion at Dresden. The pavilion is a 

 two-story structure designed by Professor Pokrowsky, St. Petersburg, 

 and forms perhaps the largest foreign pavilion. As regards the con- 

 tents, we can only repeat what was said of the Austrian pavilion, 

 jiamely, that they covered the whole subject of hygiene. 



Switzerland. — The exhibitions in the Swiss pavilion were divided 

 into ten chief and three special groups, extending over the entire field 

 of hygiene. .These exhibits served to place the small republic in the 

 front rank of hygienic countries and reflect the greatest credit on its 

 national committee of 100 and its executive committee, of which Drs. 



