The modern family doctor : a guide to perfect health / J. Milne Bramwell [and others].

Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The modern family doctor : a guide to perfect health / J. Milne Bramwell [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS DEFINITIONS AND SIGNS OF HEALTH THE HUMAN BODY— The Cell and the Embryo . The Skeleton .... Muscular System The Nervous System . The Special Senses and the Skin . The Circulatory System The Digestive System . The Lymphatic System The Respiratory System , The Urinary System . The Reproductive System . HEALTH IN THE HOME— Health in Dwelling-rooms: Space and Overcrowding . Ventilation Heating and Ventilation Lighting Decoration and Furnishing of Dwelling-rooms Cleansing and Cleanliness The Convenient House The Sleeping Apartment Water Drainage and the Removal of Refuse . Health in the Domestic Offices . THE BABY— First Days Early Development Diet and Digestion Clothing and Exercise Growth and Health A Baby’s Ailments Mental Development . Choice and Duties of a Nurse HEALTH IN CHILDHOOD— Growth: Height, Weight,Teething Food: Amount and Quality Clothing PASS 1 5 5 10 22 28 33 38 43 44 47 48 54 57 60 64 67 70 72 74 77 83 90 94 98 101 103 104 106 112 113 116 117 118 HEALTH IN CHILDHOOD {continued) Rest Exercise Climate ..... Special Hygiene—Nose „ —Mouth „ —Throat and Ear „ —Eye . ,, —Skin Nervous Children Bone and Muscular Defects Age of Attending School School Premises .... Open-Air Schools Hours of School Work, Punish- ments, Holidays . . Employment out of School, Pre- vention of Disease PAOB 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 129 131 132 133 134 136 139 140 HEALTH IN MATURITY AND OLD AGE— General Principles . . .142 Food: Kind, Amount, Mastication 144 Obesity ..... 147 Alcohol, Tea, Coffee, Tobacco . 148 Fresh Air, Sunshine . . .149 Clothes 151 On Catching Cold, Exercise . 152 Work,. Play and Sleep . . .154 The Emotions and Health . .155 High Blood-Pressure and Thick* ened Arteries . . . .156 Loss of Hair, Care of the Scalp, Nerves, Hypochondria . .157 Massage . . . . .158 Breathing and other Health Exer- cises 159 Eugenics 162 Turning the Corner . . . 163 YOUTH AND SEX— I. Girls : Changes during Puberty in Girls .... 165 Our Duties towards adoles- cent Girls ... 168