What shall we teach?, or, Physiology in schools : being an attempt to advocate instruction in the laws of life as a branch of general education / by Edwin Lankester.

  • Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874.
Date:
1870
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    the introduction of the study of the laws of life into our primary and elementary schools. I am glad to know that I have the support of men like Dr. Rumsey, of Cheltenham, Dr. W. Farre, of London, Dr. Parkes of Netley, Dr. Symonds of Bristol, the Rev. Canon Kingsley, and others, who have devoted themselves to the subject of improving the physical condition of the people. It is impossible that this can be done at the present day without the direct instruction of the people. It is precisely in those communities that are instructed in the elementary laws which prevent disease and secure health that the largest amount of productive labour is secured and the greatest longevity is attained. A short-lived community is an unhealthy com- munity ; and where the laws of health are least obeyed, there disease and poverty must prevail. The following pages were originally written with a view to being read as a paper at the Social Science Association at Bristol, in 1869. They, however, reached a length that rendered them too bulky either for being read at the meetings or published in the annual volume of the f Transactions/ Accordingly I submitted an abstract to the Educational Department of the