First stage hygiene / [Robert Arthur Lyster].

  • Lyster, Robert A. (Robert Arthur)
Date:
1914
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    FIRST STAGE HYGIENE. Cl I APT KK 1. THE GENERAL BUILD OF THE BODY—THE SKELETON. For the intelligent study of Hygiene or Health-science it is necessary that the student should become acquainted with a certain definite amount of elementary Human Anatomy and Physiology. By Anatomy Ave mean the study of various parts of the body; and the study of the Avoi’k which these parts have to do is knoAvn as Physiology. As far as is possible we shall consider such subjects in direct connection with those portions of Hygiene that are concerned Avith the healthy performance of the work of special organs of the body. In other Avords we shall first study the structure and the Avork of some part of the body, and then consider the hygienic conditions under which this part discharges its functions in the best possible way. Before any special organs can be considered it is neces- sary to make ourselves acquainted with the general build of the body, the bony frameAVork or skeleton, and the general arrangement of the internal organs. The simplest division of the body is into hard parts, comprising the cartilage and bones, and soft or fleshy parts. The Hard Parts. The Skeleton. The skeleton serves a double purpose. Primarily it is the support of the soft parts, and serA'es to giA^e the body a definite shape or build. Secondly, it