Excerpt from Our Bodies and How We Live: An Elementary Text-Book of Physiology and Hygiene for Use in Schools With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcohol Drinks, Tobacco and Other Narcotics on the Bodily Life
It has been the aim of the author in making this text-book, for the use of common schools, to present clearly and tersely the most important and interesting facts concerning our bodily life. To keep any machine in good running-order, we must know something of the structure and use of its various parts. So when we come to the study of this wonderful and complex machine, the human body, we must master such facts of its anatomy and physiology as are essential to a proper understanding of the simple laws of health.
The real object of studying physiology in schools is to teach young folks how to keep well and strong, and to avoid evil habits that destroy character as well as health. Hence, special emphasis has been laid upon such points as have a bearing upon our personal health.
It is now generally admitted that actual observation and actual experiment are as necessary in the study of elementary physiology as in any other branch of science.
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