Public health on the railroad: William Freeman Snow and the California Sanitation Exhibit.
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Abstract
This paper describes the California Sanitation Exhibit, a railroad car outfitted for instruction in public health that toured California in 1909 and 1910. The sanitation exhibit used display models, photographs, and lectures to educate the public about tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, waste contamination, and the dangers of bad milk. The success of the exhibit, which reached 5% of the state's population, resulted in the appointment of its creator, William Freeman Snow, as secretary of the California State Board of Health.
Medical subject headings
- Exhibitions as Topic
- Public Health
- Railroads
- Sanitation