title: Public health on the railroad: William Freeman Snow and the California Sanitation Exhibit.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, Oakland 94602, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D005085:Exhibitions as Topic; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D011890:Railroads; D012499:Sanitation / Q000266:history*