in the same houses. Of course, no one would expect to find the typhoid bacillus in gas, but the typhoid germ does not usually propagate itself in persons in full health and vigor, and it is very possible that the breathing of air contaminated with small quantities of gas may produce such a depression of vitality as to expose the system to bacterial influences.-American Architect. AMERICAN CONCERN FOR THE CHILDREN. "The greatest underlying task of the people of any civilized and self-governing country is the transmission of its best wisdom to the rising generation. Our destiny as a nation is bound up with the question of education. We have perhaps never in our history had a year in which so much valuable effort has been made in the educational field. The public schools are improving their methods, and public and private money is being expended as never before not merely to prevent the growth of illiteracy, but to make education practical and useful, and to make the individual an efficient worker and a good citizen. In the South especially there has been a renewal of effort along educational lines, and this is due in considerable part to the work of certain new educational boards, which have found not merely generous financial backing, but what is equally necessary-wise methods of obtaining the maximum of educational results with a minimum of expenditure. The growth of cotton mills and other industries in the South, while making for general progress, has involved some incidental evils, such as the considerable employment of child labor. This will sooner or later be ended by the application of such factory acts as exist in England and in our Northern States. Meanwhile, it is much to be regretted that New England capitalists, who largely own these Southern mills, are to some extent engaged in thwarting the efforts of humane Southern people in their endeavors to secure proper legislation on this subject. The important thing to note is the splendid determination and spirit of the movement which is opposing child labor, and which is certain to win its cause in the near future. We have such questions in one form or another always with us, and eternal vigilance is the price of continued progress. It is reassuring, therefore, to note, upon the whole, that there is a steady improvement in social conditions in this and in other regards. Child labor laws need revision and better enforcement in Pennsylvania and New York."-From "The Progress of the World," in the "American Monthly Review of Reviews" for January. "TO THE WOMAN IN OPERA the preservation of health is the first requisite. Even the actress may appear when she is ill or occasionally slight her work and leave the public little the wiser, but the opera singer who is not in good voice suffers a distinct impairment of professional reputation. The care which a prima donna exercises to secure immunity from ills would astound the uninitiated. Athletics is considered a prime requisite. Madame Sembrich aims to walk for two hours every day, and other prominent singers are equally energetic."-Waldon Fawcett, from "The Road to Opera," February "Delineator." REFINED ENTERTAINMENTS. That Mr. Proctor's theatres are adapted for all kinds of refined entertainment was clearly demonstrated at Albany, N. Y., last week, when Henrietta Crosman played an engagement of one week in "The Sword of the King." Miss Crosman was unable, through the large theatrical syndicate, to obtain a week in Albany. However, through Mr. Proctor's personal friendship for Miss Crosman, he allowed her to interrupt a very successful vaudeville season, and entirely changed the policy of his house for the time. Ordinarily the prices at the Albany house run from 50 cents to $1.00. These prices were raised to $2.50. Miss Crosman's business at Albany ran over $9,000 on the week. This one venture has encouraged Mr. Proctor to "try again," and no doubt several engagements of prominent attractions will be interspersed during the season of vaudeville. Within a few weeks a splendid production of "Camille" will be given at Proctor's Fifth Avenue. It has long been Minnie Seligman's desire to play the title rôle in this famous drama, but she has never been in the position before where she felt that a proper production would be made for her. With this state of affairs in view, Mr. Proctor has determined to make a special production, with all new scenery and electrical embellishments. Miss Seligman has for some weeks past devoted much time to the study of Dumas' famous character, and a splendid performance is promised. A HINT FOR YOUNG READERS. "So many excellent portraits of authors and pictures relating to them are now published in journals and periodicals that it is easy to add to the value of your books by inserting not only the portraits of the writers, but views of their homes, their libraries, and also of scenes told about in the books themselves."-From "Books and Reading," in January "St. Nicholas." BULLETINS, REPRINTS, ETC., RECEIVED. Experiment on the Effect of Muscular Work Upon the Digestibility of Food and the Metabolism of Nitrogen, by Chas. E. Wait, Ph.D., F. C. S. Bul. 117, U. S. Dep't Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Laboratory Course in Pathology and Bacteriology, by M. J. Rosenau, Director of Hygienic Laboratory. Bul. 8, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, Washington, D. C. Laboratory Technique. Ring Test for Indol, S. B. Grubs and Edward Francis. Microphotography with Simple Apparatus, H. B. Parker—M. J. Rosenau, P. A. Surgeon, Director Hygiene Laboratory, Bul. 7, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, Washington, D. C. The Legal Aspect of Water Pollution, J. L. Leal, M. D., Paterson, N. J. Typhoid Fever from Sources Other Than Water Supply, M. A. Veeder, M. D., Lyons, N. Y. The Michigan Medical Society. Presidential Address, Leartus Connor, M. D., Detroit, Mich. X-Rays as a Therapeutic Agent, A. V. L. Brokaw, M. D., St. Louis, Mo. Consumption Contracted in Colorado and Methods to Restrict Its Spread, G. G. Bonney, M. D., Denver, Col. The Care and Treatment of the Insane-A Medical Question? Abstract from State Lunacy Commission Report. Formaldehyde Disinfection in a Vacuum Chamber, P. A. Surgeon E. K. Sprague, U. S. M. H. S., Hygiene Laboratory, Washington, D. C. Open-Air Treatment of Tuberculosis: Tent Life in Arizona, R. W. Craig, M. D., Phoenix, Ariz. The Dispensary or Home Treatment of Tuberculosis, John F. Russel, M. D., New York. Fear as an Element of Nervous Disease and Its Treatment, John Puntow, M. D., Kansas City, Mo. The Treatment of Pulmonary Maladies in Favorable Climates, Earl S. Bullock, M. D., Silver City, N. M. Radiotherapy for Cancer and Other Diseases, William F. Morton, M. D., New York. Orleans Parish Medical Society Proceedings, June-July, 1902. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory, Delaware State Board of Health, Newark, Del. SANITARY SCIENCE. A SYNOPSIS OF SANITARY SCIENCE AS REPRESENTED IN THE SANITARIAN, ALPHABETICALLY.* BY THE EDITOR. Metzetzeratt, J. H., Tuberculosis-My Own Case, xlv, 109. Mexico, Unsanitary Condition of, x, 24; Drainage of the Valley of, xi, 451; Sanitary Work in, xvi, 49; Beauty and Grandeur of Scenery of, Curtis, xvi, 132; City, Sanitary Condition of, Shreve, xviii, 234; Health of, xxxix, 82; Medicine, Curative and Preventive in, Watson, xxix, 116; Bacteriological Study of the Drinking Water of the City of Ramirez and Toussaint, xxxi, 212; Sewers of, xxxiii, 433; The Cradle of Man's Primitive Condition, xxv, 188. Miasm of the Pontine Marshes, ii, 466. Miasmatic Exhalations, Effects of, in Water, Smart, xxii, 497. Michel, M., Charleston Water Supply, viii, 241; Sewage Disposal, 486. Michigan State Board of Health Report, iii, 268; viii, 136, 160, 308, 342; Sanitary Convention, ix, 274; Legislative Investigation of, xxxv, 162; Climate and Mineral Springs, Bell, xxxix, 113; Quarter-Centennial, xli, 84, 262. Microba Filaria in the Eye, xxx, 157. Microbe, Father and Gowanus Canal, Illustrated, xxx, 371, 442. Microbes, xli, 160; xlii, 448; Infective Role of, in Relation to Clothing, xxii, 60; Effects of Linolin on, xii, 91; in Smallpox Patients, xxix, 154; in Ice, xxxii, 471; Microbes and Sunshine, Frankland, xxxiii, 134; Leffingwell on, xxxv, 139; The Song of, xxxvi, 233; Microbes and Good Butter, xxxvii, 251; of the Glands of the Ear, xxxviii, 542; The War With, De Swheinitz, xxxviii, 393. Microbe-proof House, A, xxxviii, 318. Microbe and the Organism, The Struggle Between, xxxi, 66. Microbes of Bread, xxxiv, 123; Some Help We Get from, xxxiv, 562; in the Beard, xliii, 443; Incendiary, xliii, 239. Microbic Life in Sewer Air, Carpenter, xxiii, 3. Continued from previous number. Microbic Longevity-Scarlet Fever, xxiii, 149. Microbites, xxxiv, 526. Micro-Ophthalmoscope, xxix, 251. Micro-Organisms and the Germ Theory of Disease, xvii, 138. Micro-Organisms, The Destiny of in the Cadaver, xxiv, 185; The Life History of, Reyburn, xxv, iii; Effect of Ventilation on, xxvii, 109; Micro-Organisms' Separation, xxx, 267; Effect of Cold on, xliv, 360. Midland as a Health Resort, C. A. L. Reed, xvi, 438. Midwifery, Incompetent, xxxviii, 355. Migula, W., Bacteria in Drinking Water, xxvii, 52. Mild Winter as Influencing Succeeding Summer, Falligant, viii, 170. Military Drill in Schools, xxxii, 184. Military Hospital at Havana, xxxiii, 427. Military Surgeons' Appreciation, xxviii, 199. Milk, xlii, 483; E. M. Gray, iii, 164; in its Medico-Legal Aspects, Prof. Doremus, iv, 131, 214; Embalmed, xlii, 372; xlv, 163; Supply, G. A. Watkins, viii, 313; as a Cause of Tuberculosis, viii, 549; How It Should Be Taken as a Food, Duckworth, x, 18; Skimmed, x, 40; Alteration of Under the Influence of Drugs, xi, 701; Supply of, to Large Cities, John Morris, xi, 337; "Keep Your Fingers out of the Milk," xi, 740; Adulteration Act Sustained, xii, 179; As a Vehicle of Infection, Dougall, xii, 105; Supply, xiii, 456; Infectious Diseases Spread Through, xlvii, 148; Supply of Cities, Edson, xix, 240; of New York, xxxvi, 226; xxxix, 361; Report on, H. D. Chapin and others, xlvii, 481; Safe, xiv, 342; Sanitary Control of, Charles Cobanne, xiv, 549; Condensed, Darby, xvi, 995; Distribution-Nathan Straus, xliii, 60; Testing, Newton, xvii, 311; Bad, Porter, xvii, 435; The Albuminoids in, Dogiel, xvii, 236; Watered, New Test for, xix, 307; Mischief Makers in, Alice B. Tweedie, xxii, 540; Cow's, The Poisoning of Infants, by, xxiv, 379; Milk and Water, xxv, 458; Dirty, Brush, xl, 406; Supply Problem, Bruce, xxvii, 509; of the Healthy Lying-in Woman, Micro-organisms in, xxxi, 271; Sterilized, xxxiii, 271; xlv, 160; Sterilized by Transportation, xxxiv, 239; Absorption of Odors by, xxxiv, 77; Adulteration of, xxxv, 85; How Frequently Infected, xlvi, 401, 440; in Germany, xlvii, 148; Boiling Point of, xxxv, 452; Formaldehyde as a Preservative of, Hurty, xxxix, |