The principles of health control . in a normal position for work. Suchfurniture is still badly needed in most of our schools and itspurchase should be everywhere What is true of school furniture is true of much of thefurniture for supporting the body which is found aboutthe home, in the office and study, and in public halls gener-ally. Chairs in which one can read, write, sew, or studywithout assuming incorrect postures, and settees andcouches upon which one can relax without encouragingtendencies to misadjustments are usually not found about1 See Physiology and Hygiene, page 236.
The principles of health control . in a normal position for work. Suchfurniture is still badly needed in most of our schools and itspurchase should be everywhere What is true of school furniture is true of much of thefurniture for supporting the body which is found aboutthe home, in the office and study, and in public halls gener-ally. Chairs in which one can read, write, sew, or studywithout assuming incorrect postures, and settees andcouches upon which one can relax without encouragingtendencies to misadjustments are usually not found about1 See Physiology and Hygiene, page 236. 7« PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CONTROL the home and other places where badly needed. Whatis needed most of all, perhaps, but what is lacking in mostchairs, is a suitable support for the lower part of the back(Fig. 16). The Sleeping Position. — Fully one-third of the timeof the average person is spent in bed. This is time enoughfor the wrong position habitually assumed to bring aboutabnormal tendencies during the waking hours. If one.
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