Health and the school; a round table . wenty-five or thirtymembers we can cover the necessary ground with onetwenty-fifth or one-thirtieth the time and money outlaythat individual teaching would require. Mr. Young.—Dr. Latta in his last utterance hasrather anticipated a proposal I was about to make. Twothings this evening have been made very evident: first,that parents, as a rule, are helplessly ignorant regardingthe requirements for their childrens physical welfare;second, that it is the duty of physicians to help dissipatethis ignorance. I was accordingly about to request to give us
Health and the school; a round table . wenty-five or thirtymembers we can cover the necessary ground with onetwenty-fifth or one-thirtieth the time and money outlaythat individual teaching would require. Mr. Young.—Dr. Latta in his last utterance hasrather anticipated a proposal I was about to make. Twothings this evening have been made very evident: first,that parents, as a rule, are helplessly ignorant regardingthe requirements for their childrens physical welfare;second, that it is the duty of physicians to help dissipatethis ignorance. I was accordingly about to request to give us a series of talks in which he should out-line a general health program. Since he is already ar-ranging to hold classes in hygiene among his patients,may I suggest that he include the members of this clubin his plan? Dr. Latta.—I welcome Mr. Youngs suggestion, asI do every opportunity for extending health instruction,for it is only through the education of the laity in mat-ters of hygiene, and to a certain extent in actual medical. BABY SAVING SHOW—PHILADELPHIA, MAY, I912. This exhibit set a new standard for effective instruction in childhygiene. The attendance was more than 100,000. The mostimportant parts of the exhibit were preserved and sent fromplace to place throughout the city after the main show graphic methods will be utilized more and more in publicinstruction as their value comes to be recognized. The lowerphotograph is a nearer view of the booth shown in the left fore-ground of the upper picture.
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