Practical Lessons In Human Physiology Personal Hygiene And Public Health For Schools PDF Download

Excerpt from Advanced Lessons in Human Physiology and Hygiene: For Grammar, Ungraded, and High Schools Exercise, habits of life, cleanliness, ventilation, extraneous in uences upon health, and the means of restoring lost vigor and of combating disease. Special attention is given to the nature and effects of alcohol and other narcotics, thus meeting the requirements, in this respect, of the laws relating to such study. The demand for school instruction regarding the prevention of contagious diseases is met in a care fully prepared chapter ou that subject. Other chapters on first aid to the injured and on the proper care of the sick, giving concise directions easily comprehended by everybody, add still further to the practical value of the work. Throughout the volume the author has endeavored to avoid technicalities and to present every statement in such a way that the youngest pupil may readily comprehend its meaning. The audience which he has had in mind is not one of medical students, but is composed of young people in grammar, ungraded, and high schools, who study these subjects in order to acquire intelligent ideas regarding the preservation of their own health, the development of their strength, and the general betterment of their lives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."