Physiological aspects of the liquor problem / investigations made by and under the direction of W. O. Atwater, John S. Billings [and others] sub-committee of the Committee of fifty to investigate the liquor problem.

  • Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913
Date:
1903
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Credit: Physiological aspects of the liquor problem / investigations made by and under the direction of W. O. Atwater, John S. Billings [and others] sub-committee of the Committee of fifty to investigate the liquor problem. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    required branches are in the said schools, and to all pupils in all said schools throughout the State. Approved February 17, 1887. WISCONSIN. Statutes, 1898, sec. 447a. Ch. 327 of the Laws of 1885. Provision shall be made by the proper local school authorities for instructing all pupils in all schools supported by public money or under state control, in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of stimulants and narcotics upon the human system. The text-books used in giving such instruction shall have the joint approval of the state superintendent and the state board of health. WYOMING. Revised Statutes, 1889. Sec. 612. Physiology and hygiene, which shall include in each division of the subject special reference to the effects of alcohol and narcotics upon the human system, shall be included in the branches taught in the common schools of the State, and shall be introduced and taught, either orally or by text-book, in all departments of the public schools above the second primary grade, and in all educational institutions supported wholly or in part by the State. (R. S. 1887, sec. 3969.) Sec. 613. It shall be the duty of the several county and city super- intendents of schools in the State, and of the secretary of the board of directors of all other educational institutions receiving aid from the State, to report to the state superintendent of public instruction any failure or neglect on the part of the board of trustees of any school district, or the board of directors of any educational institutions receiv- ing aid from the State, to make proper provision for the teaching of the branches mentioned in the last preceding section in any or all of the schools or other educational institutions under their charge, or over which they have jurisdiction, and such failure on the part of the above mentioned officers, so reported and satisfactorily proven, shall be deemed sufficient cause for withholding the warrant for the district appropriation of school money to which such school district or educa- tional institution would otherwise be entitled. (R. S. 1887, sec. 3970.) Sec. 615. No certificate shall be hereafter granted to any person to teach in the schools of Wyoming who shall not pass a satisfactory examination in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human system. (R. S. 1887, sec. 3972.) [See Session Laws of Wyoming Territory, 1886, ch. 35.]