A TREATISE ON ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE
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Title
A TREATISE ON ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE
Subject
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Description
Agesilaus, king of Sparta, when asked what things boys should learn, replied, “Those
which they will practise when they become men.” As health requires the observance of
the laws inherent to the different organs of the human system, so not only boys, but
girls, should acquire a knowledge of the laws of their organization. If sound morality
depends upon the inculcation of correct principles in youth, equally so does a sound
physical system depend on a correct physical education during the same period of life.
If the teacher and parents who are deficient in moral feelings and sentiments, are unfit
to communicate to children and youth those high moral principles demanded by the
nature of man, so are they equally incompetent directors of the physical training of the
youthful system, if ignorant of the organic laws and the physiological conditions upon
which health and disease dep
which they will practise when they become men.” As health requires the observance of
the laws inherent to the different organs of the human system, so not only boys, but
girls, should acquire a knowledge of the laws of their organization. If sound morality
depends upon the inculcation of correct principles in youth, equally so does a sound
physical system depend on a correct physical education during the same period of life.
If the teacher and parents who are deficient in moral feelings and sentiments, are unfit
to communicate to children and youth those high moral principles demanded by the
nature of man, so are they equally incompetent directors of the physical training of the
youthful system, if ignorant of the organic laws and the physiological conditions upon
which health and disease dep
Creator
C L A R K , A U S T I N A N D S M I T H
Publisher
CINCINNATI:—W. B. SMITH & CO.
ST. LOUIS, MO.:—KEITH & WOODS
ST. LOUIS, MO.:—KEITH & WOODS
Date
November 24, 2009
Rights
All right reserved 2009
Format
pdf
Language
English
Type
text
Coverage
BMU
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Citation
C L A R K , A U S T I N A N D S M I T H, “A TREATISE ON ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE,” BMU, accessed May 20, 2022, http://bmulibrary.com/library/items/show/40.