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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



THE SANITARIAN AND THE POP- 

 ULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



The Sanitarian, established in 1873, 

 and The Popular Science Monthly, 

 established in 1872, are the two oldest 

 journals in English devoted to the dif- 

 fusion and popularization of science. 

 When the Sanitarian was founded there 

 was no journal occupied with sanitary 

 science and public health, and the at- 

 tention paid to these subjects was com- 

 paratively small. The Sanitarian has 

 witnessed and promoted one of the 

 most important movements of the nine- 

 teenth century. There is more accom- 

 plished now for the prevention of dis- 

 ease than for the cure of disease. The 

 * germ theory ' and other discoveries of 

 modern science have led to the forging 

 of weapons more powerful than those 

 used in any other warfare. The 

 mortality of infancy and childhood 

 has been reduced to one half. Infec- 

 tion and contagion are subject to con- 

 trol. The plague, malaria, yellow 

 fever, even consumption, have lost 

 their mysterious terror. We know 

 their causes and can set bounds to 

 their ravages. 



The Sanitarian was established by 

 Dr. A. N. Bell, and has been conducted 

 by him for thirty-one years. Dr. Bell 

 is now in his eighty-fourth year, and 

 though vigorous in mind and body, he 

 has earned the right to rest from the 

 labor of conducting a monthly journal. 

 As there are now in the country num- 

 erous medical and other journals which 

 give adequate attention to sanitary ser- 

 vice and preventive medicine, it has 

 seemed to Dr. Bell that the cause which 

 he lias served can be best advanced by 

 merging the Sanitarian with The Pop- 

 ular Science Monthly. While the 

 Monthly is concerned with all the sci- 



ences, it has always aimed to pay 

 special attention to the important field 

 of preventive medicine, and should do 

 so more effectively in the future with 

 the support of the editor, contributors 

 and readers of the Sanitarian. 



Dr. Bell has assured his reputation 

 not only by the fifty-two volumes of 

 the Sanitarian, but also by many other 

 services tending to promote the health 

 of the people. He was born in Virginia 

 on August 3, 1820, and studied at the 

 Harvard Medical School and the Jef- 

 ferson Medical College. He became 

 surgeon in the navy in 1847, and by 

 services in the Gulf of Mexico, the 

 West Indies and the coast of Africa he 

 became familiar with yellow fever and 

 other diseases. In 1847 he first used 

 steam as a disinfectant, and he early 

 urged the view that yellow fever is not 

 directly contagious, thus greatly sim- 

 plifying and improving quarantine 

 regulations. As physician, as quar- 

 antine officer, as author and as editor, 

 Dr. Bell has earned the gratitude and 

 esteem of all who are interested in the 

 health and welfare of the community. 



THE JUBILEE OF THE UNIVER- 

 SITY OF WISCONSIN. 



The University of Wisconsin cele- 

 brated during the second week in June 

 its fiftieth anniversary and at the same 

 time President Van Hise was formally 

 installed. Michigan, California and 

 Wisconsin form a group of universities 

 which almost rank with Harvard, Yale 

 and Columbia. The great state uni- 

 versities are indeed the more distinc- 

 tively American, and it is quite pos- 

 sible that the future belongs to them. 

 Millionaires may become less liberal in 

 their gifts, whereas the people of a 

 slalc are likely to lake increasing 



