The school physiology journal . and eliminations of the lungs, skin, and kidneys,like other foreign or non-assimilable materials.—[Medical Pioneer. Dr. Foster, in his physiology, speaks of theinfluence of nicotine on the nervous tissues,especially on the vagi, thus allowing the heartmuscle to wear itself out. With this informa-tion we can easily understand how, in the be-ginning of the habit of smoking, the influenceof nicotine causes so much disturbance to thecirculation, for the vagus is the great control-ling nerve of the heart, and that organ firstgiven obvious response to the poison. — J.
The school physiology journal . and eliminations of the lungs, skin, and kidneys,like other foreign or non-assimilable materials.—[Medical Pioneer. Dr. Foster, in his physiology, speaks of theinfluence of nicotine on the nervous tissues,especially on the vagi, thus allowing the heartmuscle to wear itself out. With this informa-tion we can easily understand how, in the be-ginning of the habit of smoking, the influenceof nicotine causes so much disturbance to thecirculation, for the vagus is the great control-ling nerve of the heart, and that organ firstgiven obvious response to the poison. — J. , , TO AN ORIOLE. How falls it, oriole, thou hast come to fly In tropic splendour through our Northern sky ? At some glad moment was it natures choiceTo dower a scrap of sunset with a voice? Or did some orange tulip, flaked with black,In some forgotten garden, ages back, Yearning toward heaven until its wish was heardDesire unspeakably to be a bird ? Edgar Fawcett. SCHOOL PHYSIOLOGY JOURNAL 155 ^i^^^^^^^^^. £su Primary Lessons REVIEW WORK. THE aim of all education is two-fold; itseeks to equip the child for winning hisown way in the world, and to make him a use-ful member of society. Health is the first essential to his successeither socially or as an individual, hence heshould be taught the simplest facts of personalhygiene as soon as he is able to understandthem and to act upon the knowledge thus ac-quired. The physiology topics for primary pupilsgiven in the September number of this maga-zine form an excellent basis for work of thiskind. If each has been developed with thechildren as fully as the various lessons whichhave appeared during each succeeding month,the review work of the year will be compara-tively easy. The most important points to betouched upon are suggested in the questionsgiven below. It is hoped they will be foundhelpful to the busy teacher. Quotations fromthe most eminent authorities are printed inconnection with each list of question
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