Excerpt from The Wonderful House, That Jack Has: A Reader in Practical Physiology, and Hygiene, for Use in School and Home
The study of physiology in schools often counts very little toward building stronger and better bodies. Pupils memorize difficult technical terms, learn descriptions of processes, and study statements of hygienic facts, but passing examinations and completing the study are too often the chief results.
The following quotations were taken at random from one of the best physiology text-books in common use: "The am?ba is a protozoan often found in slime at the bottom of stagnant water." "The twelve rib-supporting vertebr? are called the thoracic vertebr?." "Glycogen is found in the liver." "When oxygen is united with hemoglobin, it forms oxyhemoglobin." "Vaso-constrictor nerves have their origin in the spinal bulb." "The opening of the left upper chamber of the heart is called the left auriculo-ventricular orifice." "The building up or constructive processes are included under anabolism, while katabolism designates the tearing down, or destructive processes."
It may be that the difficulty in learning these and numerous other technical terms prevents the excellent facts of hygiene, also included, from making the impression that they should.
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