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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1922-11-02, Page 3Giving Our Cluldrq a Good Start " •"•-•""-"-- - • Medical Inspection in Schools is a Public Health Measure. Wbrthy of the Support of Every Progressive Citizen, Fiance Was the Pioneer , and Began it Nearly Ninety Years Ago. Medical Inspection of schools le the The examination of children is tealth, eupervision of school accommo- dation and echo1 children, for the pur- poee of maintaining a high etaedard of vitality, and,in ordea that physical or meatal defects may benoted early in life and the proper treatment applied to remedy them. The medical inspection of schools is not a new idea. The pioneer in this department of public health work was laralice, which in 1833 paeeed a law which required the school authorities to Provide for the sanitary condition of scheol premises and for the expert supervision of the health of children. For forty years France was' alone in this work and, it was not until 1867 that Germany took the :natter up, Great Britain did not commence medical inspection of saools until 1891. It was. tenth in order of time among the countries which, adopted it. • At that time the work was undertaken only in London and did not spread to the other great cities until later. The first medical inspection of schools in Canada wasundertaken in Montreal in the year 1906. There are two mides to the 'medical Inspection of schoole. They are:— (1) Examination of buildings. (2) Examination .o;f pupils. In the examination of buildiugs the doctor or the nurse 'makes a thorough scrutiny of the following: Drainage. Lavatory facilities. Veatilation. Heating. Lighting. Suitability of and placing of the seats. Arrangement of the cloak -rooms, sully made by the Dootor and tae public health nurse, and if possI131e, with, one of the parents and the teach- er in attendanee. Clothing is not re- moved without the. pa,renta' preeeoce or consent. Examinations are made for deteotive vision, defective hearing or breathing, defective tonsils, teeth, and in order to see that the child Is properly llouriahecl. R j unnecessary in thia, shert ar- ticle to teli the various aspects, of these defecte, but as au ilLustration,, defective sight may be mentioned. Many ,children are short-sighted or loageefgb.ted and their daily endeavors to read print of books or writing upon bletekboarcle is the cause of great physical diseomfort. • A careful examination by trained et- perts would reveal such defects. Suite able steps could theu betaken to cor- rect them: This would improve the child's progress, increase its happiness and assure greater efficiency in ma- ture life. Other defects are sometimes found in children, namely: Heart disease, af- factious of the lungs, mai-formations ot the bands, feet or limbsnervous affections, and defective mentality. To let a helpless, Child, grow up without discovering and attempting to remedy such defects, is imposing upon it a seri- ous handicap in the life struggle and laying upon it the burden of many un- happy years that might be avoidedby proper attention and care. Health inspectors of echoelssaie not generally made among pupil% over the age a.16. In large cities, the inspec- tions, are undertaken by nurses and All doctors togetheas both of whom are ,othee matter likely to have a d bearing upon the health of the child- thoroughly trained in this branch of work. In country places, where the system of medical inspectioa of schools is adopted, it is usual for a doctor to spend only part of his time in this work. If a doctor is not employed the 'examination is made 'by a properly trained and qualified nurse, who calls the attention of the parents or the family physician to observed detects that should receive attenteon. Frona the many other argumentsin favor of periodic medical inspection of sehoole We select the following: ,(1) 'It teaches and encourages health 'habits, in the child. (2) The The purposes of the examinatlori close contaAlt. of ehildren; in school . , ,, arestwto Firstly, for the pupil's own 'makes, the spread of contagious dis- • benefit, in 'order to note Physaeal des eaaes coMparatively easy and, regular • tecto ot 'bearing, Mellen, mentality, Medical inspection ,enables the 'school vitality or other matters affecting the a, PaoritlAs-.1•&.4-"*,'Prt7 fli?-te early and • ehildsagrawar arearearegreata-a7 " -tO-Preveht,nt'aaPieiatia'a,3.1aM4tii_eal. Secondly, in order to .see that the, inspection of-sal-3MS helps to. impress • child is. net the carrier of intectIons upon_ the community the fact that it or eontagious diseases. .which would is part of: its ditty to provide whole - be Of. danger both to hituself and the some sciaool environment for all its • other children, .of'the scladol. children., ren. • During the inspection, a watchful • eye is, kept for any condition's that • may be favorable to the development or spread of contagious disease. The seats are uoted to make sure that they are suited to the size Of the children. • The lighting and the placing of black- boards is examined to see that they • are so placed that there is no fast' from reflected light and that they are ' close enough to the childreu using them that there may be no eye strain. The physical examination of the pupils is necessarily a most important side to medical inspection of sehools. The Lady Was Right. The lady, who was thinking of buy- ought to know about?" the agent l•g bilhad show her the ca,rburetor, 'the differs n. plied the agent. 'Well, then, ware is the deprecia- BY HUMAN- ean automoeh.aal 'We- hy, yes, madam I think so" l' tial, the trauenrisslon and everything tion? I am told that is one of the the car. Then' she Laid, "Now, are you ----,---.............,-,...---„,.„, when you are getting a car," GESTURES ALSO REV she thought seemed important about most important things to know about r• ',...,.. . '-'--.- • k -....„ 1 \\. ss --;*::::S.:-::..,:,/ ..., ,,... ... A •, ; .,--- • .•04•Eio....i4j14•4'‘:•.*o.,.it.i06k-LE. . • . —New York World, •7 SUIT-'".,O.LE' WORK. :. hoPP, I:BA-he:5a/ ,lnoee task has all the charm he'd dare to ask! He eii..- WORK. •• chasing rats or pasting" ,sb hair 'on woodea cats, ail: pateeters, to and fro, and when at ,,.: and, y's, "So help me, aolin, the • eve the whistles. blew, hsa a° ow ' f54d that one Must quit his happy day's alreadygou a chores to spend the ngh se1ese snores! I grudge ,each, hour that bids rim reat, ,an f:tzl the 't,asks. I leze the best!" ' 011, a* gad, enehanted jay who time Work is better far than •• •. enjothe craft he,pli ', 17,1e•WG his job with loving eyes. ys a But of a thousandOni a. ea. thearork ho does as fun r& pr the rnostof na athat life's' a fizzle harsh and a oold, ince wknoi eslioe,nalls, or grind out ponies and clippY tales, .eu s ninkie in' a store, or peddle . le the -World 1% down, . .. . - ' mIIDSideilk from • since phttes - towi .in gay and- shining limousines, nrn put 'beaus. How many ' ..,....-....e.s axte..v.rt.iDiliti;.i. work Witla Pride, • • kncyr consider idlen EMOTIONS s0 mare you've shown me all the things I it THOUGHTS. --___ Your Hands Always K More About Some Things Than You Do. Elands, like faces, have ,their'eipreo- alone, which may be so varied as, to • display a great variety o The hands express mental agony by _ea dial a p able to recognize one anot •ef by through the other, with a convulsive . If people had no faces, araehould be olutching ,one of them and passing it aOaa'anar a physiognomy a the, hands. Ily obser- twist as the ends of the fingers are '"v44 .:41'40 vation of a person's hands it Is pow-, reached. We oall.this "wringing" the 41ciAla sible to form a notion et his character hands; and to explain it is not so easy. .v0 t ttqt...P:M9 fA" 0, ‘ and individual peouliaritieso to spine . A hand hanging limp and motion - 0‘r. extent, that ia. to say, if the subject be '•?lese suggests repose of mind and body. se,„karsea s.,•':.o.V a. . ..- o,, P studied. This has nothing to do with . Anxiety is denoted by a strained and \, (NYct.50-S•C'l paliristry, which is pure hunibug, the 'nervous' backward flexing of the fin- ki "lines" of the hand being mere foldgers. .... between the muscles. But if it be ad- These points are merely elementary. nettled that hands have physiegoPorY, "'Way offer no more than a suggestion .a904 -7.44,,,,a, sa. ..:•:-,J,...... ,.. v. ... ..es .,.% • 1.-a,' of their own, why stint:Id it not be India of the inallY ways in vitro the hands the may be used by a clever ',Mame:Piet cative of cbaracter, like that of •••tor ea.preesing ideas and emotions. face? • , It is aurmised that the emotional 'ex, •'• Your hands are trained automata, donees oat, all right: It seems to •de Vulike mecibianical automata„,, tbey 69041 to Posacert, a, -sort of intelligenee of their own. • Not that they actUPAIY do any thinking, of course, whioh Is the arailies, businese; Out they, learn things and, remember them in a won- derful way, Many years of praotiee lave taught them hew to dresa you, to feed you, aud to perform great variety of other tasks. But, their ,p.irey automatic function -may be illustrated by . ;art amusing sort of happening that 'has oeourred doubtleats te every one of us. You have gone to your bedroom to change your shoes or some garment. Your mind is busy with, other matters, and suddenly yn(i alsoover,• to your great surprise, that you are half un- dressed. Your hands, without your knowing. it, have been putting you to bed, Perhapa you are accustomed to write oxi the typewriter. But, even though you may be a sallied, operator, it will puzzle YOU to be eked when there is no machine at hand, -where certain letters—say, S and' N—are 10-, cated on the keyboard. Yet your fin- gers find them instantly and without hesitation. They know the keyboard. • Marvel o1 Plano Playing. Much more remarkable is the illus- tration afforded by the piano. A skilled performer will play with per - foot accuracy a loog and complicated piece of music while keeping up a live- gers, if they were able to talk, could ly conversation with another person tell you. They know. standing by. The player is giving no A card player while dealing is, think - conscious attention to the movemeatts ing of something else. The process is of her fingers; they act automatically purely automatic. But if two of the in response to a subconscious direc- cards happen to stick together, the tion, themselves, as it would appear, attending to the purely mechanical part of the business,. Your hands attend to the whole business of dressing you every day. While you put on your clothes you are thinking of something else. But your bands do not hesitate or bungle the job; they just go ahead ands do it as it ought to be done, with a minimum number of movements, because they • cods are extended forward, the fin- - ers•-drawn strongly back, as if to re- . aseathe Object of dread. , Greed is expressed by a carved and ober-like extension of the fingers. The minor in a play, somewhat convention- •, alizea"as a type, invariably emphasizes , • this attitude 61 the fingers to denote 1 avarice and grasping cupidity. General HarIngton He has received the ofecial thanks and commendation of Britain for bis services in the Near _Oast situation. ing? Not at all. 1 -ler mind is busy with something else; perhaps she Is talking to a neighbor. She may even be reading a book But if she drops a stitch, her hand tells her. She looks, sees the mistake and corrects it. Ask any woman how iu sewing on a button she is always able to hit the holes with her needle. She never fails, but she cannot tell you why. Her lin- lingers give instant notice. It is a matter of everyday observa- tion that some people's hands are much cleverer than other people's. Thus. we speak of one person as pos- sessing exceptional manual dexterity, another person is "slumay" Iii handling things. The hands of an ape have no ex- pression. But those of a human being can talk with a language of their own have had long experience. When they as plainly to be understood as vocal are finished, you take a look at your- speech; and it is a fact worth noticing self in the glass and find that every- that clever people use their hands thing is all right, with perhaps one or cleverly in gesture, whereas, it is quite two final corrective touches. otherwise with dull and stupid folks. Faeility• in expression with the hands - They put on your ehirt, button your collar and comb your hair while your can be cultivated, like facility in the use of 'spoken words. Players. in the mind is on other things. .A. woman does not have to think about what she moving pictures are obliged to cult - is doing while she arranges her hair,vats it, for upon this silent language even though her coiffure be somewhat they must largely depend for tire et- fectiveness ief their pantomimic art. elaborate. He hands, practiced in the ________....., .........._ art, know how. When it is done she . takes a critical look at the back of her The Forest and Human Life. No human being has ever lived with. head with the help of a hand -mirror, out wood. So far as we can see, no bestows a few judicious pats here and human. being ever will. Even. the Es. there and approves. the result. kimo in the frozen North, where no At 'the table, while eating, your mind treas grow, must have wood, It la an is usually occupied with conversation, absolute necessity. Human life began and you ftre hardly oonscions ot the in the forest, and if the forest disaja .p.:_`astessela by which your feod is con - not pick up a fork and try to use it as a kaite, o•r commit any other such absurdity. Language of Their Own. Observe a woman while she knits, Is she thinking about what she Is do - life vain am" • tend to all that business, and they do r Practice( Proof. • "Doctor, Ian sure I'm getting all the exercise I need." "There's no indication of ft." "No wonder. You have only looked at my tongue. But you just ought to see the soles of my oho -es." • In sapplication thp hands ars ex- tended with palms upward to show Haat they hold no 'weapons. The pas- ture therefore is expressive of help- less, appeal. Another mode of convey- ing the same idea is to hold out the halide with the palms clasped together —the conventional attitude of prayer. "Wringing" the Hands. '4•7•ea - a 'ales , , i, - ....:"..-„7'...?•-•,.....- . .'4''''... •.•:,...- ::'...::,:';,7 ' ..... - t..,.. - - -••-'-----...„..1., ,.......;,. , .....-.1 .... 4...., ..,....::-.."-- - --"` ,, . ';', , ., .•• ---.,, from gestures anciently useful for selta Seem to know a great deal more than pressiods of the bands are d'erived, ,aaaallest remarkable it is that they . .,c. " ------- - --- preservation or -other purposes. 'ThUS• yn go- aboat ever so many things, THE GERMAN MYSTERY the fist is au instrument of defels.e, t eur fingers know how to tie your That you should daily shrink in size, Any strong excitement AVM 0,`-qt§0 . danger or alarm. . turns, and twists, they ard likely to go yoll fix your conscious mind upon the "It puzzles, me," the Fat Fritz cries, held ready in case of necktie much better than you ao. If And more balloon -like every day,' ' If, however, the emotion be one 0 wrong, But think of something else the fists to clench. a. . • • ' While I get fatter, strange to say, . —Reynold's Newspaper (London). horror or fright, the palms of both while you perform the proccea and it --'"""wm"----------- — - — --. . - :-.----- — - 1!---w""tt"---• —', -- IN RABBII BbRO . :'-----iamlio.m•i-o.nwr•abdlrW.I.k.. . . ----.........somernimtalo--..ssiAbelan,Wer T THINK HE ' WELL SO PARSON POPLYE MARRIED MRS. PM ArreR ALL HL \\) c:10E.S NOW ! - RUH 4, TE.TR. ".2 MARK LOOKS p,6 TALL AZi OSTEJ2 1/4..11.11 'er te44 WIN A BICYCLE Or a Wristlet Watch, Camera or Set of Dishe3s; FREE OF COST HERE IS A WHOLE XMAS TREE FULL. OF PRESENTS. OF THEM CAN YOU NAME? What are the Xmas presents which Santa Claus has put on and aroust4 this tree. Make a list of them and win a splendid bicycle (either gents' or ladies' style) or a lovely wristlet welch, or a camera. or a set of 'thins. 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