Education and culture as related to the health and diseases of women / by Alex. J.C. Skene.

  • Skene Alexander J. C. (Alexander Johnston Chalmers), 1837-1900.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Education and culture as related to the health and diseases of women / by Alex. J.C. Skene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PREFACE. This little work originated in a desire to answer a few of the many inquiries made by those who seek medical counsel regarding the care and education of the young. While on the threshold of professional life, the writer— in common with all students of medicine—became impressed with the fact that a rational management of the young, in all that relates to their physical and mental education, is highly essential to health and efficiency through life. The most valuable teachings of medical scientists on this subject, impress the fact, that to guard against errors of devel- opment and growth, gives infinitely better results than all human efforts to subsequently correct the evil consequences of mental and physical imperfections. Along with this comes a full realization of the responsibilities of the physician, whose duty it is to give counsel to those who seek his aid in'solving this problem. While the teachers in primary schools and uni- versities can be fully relied upon to supply the most approved methods of imparting knowledge, the physician alone is able to prescribe the course of training best adapted to the develop- ment of special organizations. * All intelligent persons know what is desirable in the way of health and intelligence; but how to attain this, is a question which especially belongs to the Science of Medicine. In view of this, I have sought for information in medical literature, and there found much that was required, but there is still much that is needed. Most of the books on education by medical authors, are devoted either to purely physical cul- ture, or else to the relation which the sexes bear to general education. There are other works by non-professional writers
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