Food at the International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden, 1911

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Sabine Merta

Abstract

The German Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden, in 1911, emphasized the importance of food, hygiene, and health to the human body. Its  presentation of all the newest scientific findings at the time about modern food hygiene, food preparation, and the food industry was of great public interest. A highlight showed the digestion of food in a transparent human body. This Research Note identifies the rich food and nutrition information to be found in the interrelated sections, events, and literature of this exhibition. It also conveys an international sense of the historical development of scientific inquiry and exposition on these research areas.

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Research Essays, Notes, & Queries