In November of 1888 the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published "Science--An Illustrated Journal, a magazine to educate the public on matters of health."



Among the articles published were these tidbits:

1. From a careful study of consumption in New Hampshire, for the past six years... conclusions are arrived at...disease...being greater at a low elevation...  [Apparently the study didn't realize that New Hampshire's greatest population (with more people to spread the disease) resided at the lowest elevations in the state].

2. The American Otological Society reported on injuries of strain and impaired hearing  being experienced by those using the telephone.

3. The United States Government had adopted a special method of disinfecting letters it had received from district where yellow fever prevailed [it had not yet been discovered that only mosquitoes transmit the disease]. Each letter was put into a machine that fumigated it with a special powder.

4. The New York Medical Record reported a "Sightsee-er's Headache"--a malady experienced by frequenters of museums, picture-galleries and exhibitions.

5. "Garbage Cremation" was being recommended as a new way to convert noxious waste into a harmless residue.

Janice