Am J Nurs Volume 5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...who elect it may complete the first half in the Summer Session of 1906. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. s3--Personal hygiene and first aid to the injured. Lectures and practical work. Professor MEYLAN. 9.30, Thompson Building. This course considers personal health as a problem in vital economics; the human body as an organic machine and the aim of personal hygiene to be the provision of the most eflicient body mechanism for the life'needs of the individual. 'The topics include the argument for the careful study of health and hygiene; ideals of health influencing different peoples; structure and functions of the human body; changes in the organism due to evolution and civilization and the health problems arising from these changes; conditions necessary to the perfect state of the body and the activity of the various functions; causes of weakness, injury, degeneration, and disease; improvement of health and prevention of disease by hygienic means; methods of first aid to the injured. sIo--App1ied anatomy and physiology. Lectures, demonstrations, and quizzes. Dr. SKARSTROM. 8.30, Thompson Building. This course is intended for beginners and those who have not had the advantages of a normal school of physical training. The subjects of anatomy and physiology will be treated from the standpoint of physical education. The course will deal with the structure and functions of the tissues and organs in the human body; mechanism of movement; influence of motor activity on the various organs and functions of the body. sI3--Anthropometry, diagnosis, and prescription of corrective excrcises. Lectures and practical work. Professor MEYLAN. 8.30, Thompson Building. This course deals with the practical methods of studying the human organism; of determining...