. Public School Physiology and Temperance. Special Senses 126 CHAPTER X. FlEST Aids to the Sick and Injured: Bandages—Splints—Poul-tices—Haemorrhage—Cuts—Bites of Animals—Burns and Scalds—Frost-bite—Broken Bones—Dislocations—Sprains — Insensi-ble Conditions—Intoxication—Drowning—Suffocation by Gas—Foreign Bodies in the Eye, Ear, etc.—Poisons . . 146 CHAPTER XL How to Prevent Disease: Preventable Diseases—Infectious andContagious Diseases—Means of Invading the Human System—Antiseptics and Disinfectants—The Sick Room—Stimulants inthe Sick Room 164 CHAPTER XII. Physical Exercise: The Benefits of
. Public School Physiology and Temperance. Special Senses 126 CHAPTER X. FlEST Aids to the Sick and Injured: Bandages—Splints—Poul-tices—Haemorrhage—Cuts—Bites of Animals—Burns and Scalds—Frost-bite—Broken Bones—Dislocations—Sprains — Insensi-ble Conditions—Intoxication—Drowning—Suffocation by Gas—Foreign Bodies in the Eye, Ear, etc.—Poisons . . 146 CHAPTER XL How to Prevent Disease: Preventable Diseases—Infectious andContagious Diseases—Means of Invading the Human System—Antiseptics and Disinfectants—The Sick Room—Stimulants inthe Sick Room 164 CHAPTER XII. Physical Exercise: The Benefits of Exercise—Kind of Exercise—Regulation of Exercise—Time for Exercise—Necessity for Ex-ercise—Gymnastic Training—Free Gymnastics .... 174 Appendix I.—Regulations of the Education Department respecting the Study of Physiology and Temperance 194 Appendix II. —Quotations from the License Act with respect to Minors 195 Appendix III.—An Act respecting the Use of Tobacco by Minors . 196. FiQ. 1.—THE SKELETON. PHYSIOLOGY AND TExMPERANCE. CHAPTEE I. INTRODUCTORY. 1. The Skeleton.—Man is the noblest being God hasmade to inhabit this earth. Let us examine the human , notice the framework. It is not comely nor attractive,and even appears ill-adapted to form the framework of aliving being, with high and noble purposes, capable of greatattainments. Yet every bone is a model of wl^Jom and per-fection, adapted to a specific object. The whole skeleton, soirresrular in outline and so unattractive to look at, is builtand fashioned with a degree of wisdom which taxes the mindto comprehend. Every prominence, every depression, everyline, every curve, has a special purpose. 2. The Joints.—This framework is a movable structure,and, to permit of motion, is supplied with a certain numberand variety of joints, by which the limbs may be moved invarious directions and the whole body from place to utility and the wise constr
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