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    Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or Good Health for Boys and Girls
    Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or Good Health for Boys and Girls
    Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or Good Health for Boys and Girls
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    Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or Good Health for Boys and Girls

    By Edward Sylvester Ellis

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    Nothing need be said concerning the importance of the study of good health. The first lesson that a child should learn is the law of his being. Hitherto the aim has been mainly to train the mind regardless of the requirements of the body. The vital connection of the two has been ignored with a persistency little short of criminality.

    Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene have their places in the curriculum of our leading schools, but the knowledge too often is simply technical and without practical results. What greater travesty than to listen to a glib discourse on nutrition, digestion, circulation, respiration, the muscles, nerves, bones or brain by a pupil with thin chest, lack-lustre eye, sallow complexion, and weak frame?

    With no wish to slight the value of a thorough knowledge of Physiology, this little volume seeks to 6give the fundamental laws of health, in such simple language that every boy and girl advanced enough to read, can understand them. Accompanied and supplemented by the earnest words of the teacher, who shall estimate the good that may be accomplished?

    In the preparation of these pages, the author is glad to acknowledge the valuable assistance received from C. Shepherd, M.D., Superintendent for many years of Public Schools, Trenton, N. J., and Washington Hasbrouck, Ph.D., Principal of the New Jersey State Normal School.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheranboco
    Release dateSep 27, 2016
    ISBN9783736415621
    Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or Good Health for Boys and Girls
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    Edward Sylvester Ellis

    Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840–1916) was the author of hundreds of books and articles under numerous pen names. Born in Ohio, Ellis first gained acclaim as an author with Seth Jones while he was working as a teacher in New Jersey. After this success, he wrote all manner of books and articles, including mysteries, adventures, and history. 

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      Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or Good Health for Boys and Girls - Edward Sylvester Ellis

      Table of Contents

      ELLIS'S PRIMARY PHYSIOLOGY OR GOOD HEALTH FOR Boys and Girls

      TO THE MALE TEACHER.

      TO THE FEMALE TEACHER.

      CHAPTER I. WHY THE LAWS OF GOOD HEALTH SHOULD BE STUDIED.

      CHAPTER II. CLEANLINESS.—BATHING.

      CHAPTER III. DRINKING.

      TEA, COFFEE, MILK, AND CHOCOLATE.

      WHEN AND HOW TO DRINK.

      LEMONADE, ROOT BEER, SODA WATER, ETC.

      CHAPTER IV. EATING.

      WHAT BOYS AND GIRLS SHOULD EAT.

      WHEN AND HOW MUCH TO EAT.

      CHEERFULNESS AND APPETITE IN EATING.

      CHAPTER V. THE HAIR, EARS, EYES, AND FEET.

      THE EAR.

      THE EYE.

      HOW TO USE THE EYES.

      FEET.

      CHAPTER VI. THE TEETH.

      INJURIES TO THE TEETH.

      TWO SETS OF TEETH.

      CHAPTER VII. EXERCISE.

      TESTS OF SKILL.

      CHAPTER VIII. THE ART OF SWIMMING.

      FLOATING.

      CHAPTER IX. HOW TO TREAT DROWNED PERSONS.

      CHAPTER X ANOTHER METHOD OF TREATMENT IN CASES OF ASPHYXIA FROM DROWNING, CHLOROFORM, COAL-GAS, ETC.

      CHAPTER XI. THE MUSCLES.

      VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES.

      STRENGTH OF MUSCLES.

      HYGIENE OF THE MUSCLES.

      EFFECTS OF EXERCISE.

      CHAPTER XII. REST AND POSTURE.

      TIME FOR SLEEP.

      POSITION IN STANDING, ETC.

      WHERE TO BEND THE BODY.

      CHAPTER XIII. PURE AIR, CLOTHING, ETC.

      PROPER USE OF CLOTHING.

      DAMP CLOTHING.

      DANGERS TO HEALTH.

      COLD OR DRAFT.

      CHAPTER XIV. ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES.

      HABITS TO CULTIVATE.

      BLISTERS.

      BOILS, STINGS OF INSECTS, AND BURNS.

      BLEEDING OF THE NOSE.

      FIRE.

      FAINTING.

      FROST-BITTEN FEET AND EARS.

      SLIGHT CUTS AND WOUNDS.

      HOW TO TREAT A BLEEDING ARTERY.

      CUT VEINS AND BROKEN LIMBS.

      CHAPTER XV. THE NERVES, BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, ETC.

      CHAPTER XVI. SUNSTROKE AND POISONS.

      SYMPTOMS OF SUNSTROKE.

      HOW TO TREAT SUNSTROKE.

      CAUTION.

      POISONS.

      SULPHURIC ACID POISON.

      A SAFE RULE.

      CHAPTER XVII. CIGARETTE SMOKING.

      SMOKING CREATES A MORBID THIRST.

      SMOKING DEGRADES THE TASTES.

      BAD EFFECTS SHOWN IN TIME.

      QUALITY OF CIGARETTE TOBACCO.

      CIGARETTE PAPER.

      HURTFUL TO THE YOUNG.

      PRODUCES CATARRH.

      CAUSES ASTHMA.

      OTHER EVIL EFFECTS.

      CHAPTER XVIII. ALCOHOL.

      ITS DANGER.

      EFFECT UPON THE ORGANS OF THE BODY.

      COST OF ALCOHOL.

      INTOXICATION.

      A GRAVE ERROR.

      TOTAL ABSTINENCE A SAFEGUARD.

      EFFECT UPON THE MIND AND SOUL.

      CHAPTER XIX. BONES, SKELETON, ETC.

      CHAPTER XX. A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION.

      CHAPTER XXI. THE DIGESTIBILITY OF SOLID FOODS.

      ELLIS'S

      PRIMARY PHYSIOLOGY

      OR

      GOOD HEALTH

      FOR

      Boys and Girls

      BY

      EDWARD S. ELLIS

      Introduction.

      Nothing need be said concerning the importance of the study of good health. The first lesson that a child should learn is the law of his being. Hitherto the aim has been mainly to train the mind regardless of the requirements of the body. The vital connection of the two has been ignored with a persistency little short of criminality.

      Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene have their places in the curriculum of our leading schools, but the knowledge too often is simply technical and without practical results. What greater travesty than to listen to a glib discourse on nutrition, digestion, circulation, respiration, the muscles, nerves, bones or brain by a pupil with thin chest, lack-lustre eye, sallow complexion, and weak frame?

      With no wish to slight the value of a thorough knowledge of Physiology, this little volume seeks to give the fundamental laws of health, in such simple language that every boy and girl advanced enough to read, can understand them. Accompanied and supplemented by the earnest words of the teacher, who shall estimate the good that may be accomplished?

      In the preparation of these pages, the author is glad to acknowledge the valuable assistance received from C. Shepherd, M.D., Superintendent for many years of Public Schools, Trenton, N. J., and Washington Hasbrouck, Ph.D., Principal of the New Jersey State Normal School.

      TO THE MALE TEACHER.

      It is your bounden duty to instruct your pupils in the laws of health. If you fail to do so, you are not fit to be their teacher.

      The vices of cigarette smoking, of tobacco chewing, of beer and alcoholic drinking, threaten the very existence of the rising generation. You cannot be too earnest and persistent in impressing this truth upon the boys who look up to you for counsel.

      You need not be reminded that the most powerful teacher is your own example. Boys respect and admire manly vigor. You ought to be able to outrun, outjump,

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