First stage hygiene : for the first stage examination of the Board of Education, containing the examination papers from 1903 to 1908 / by Robert A. Lyster.

  • Robert Arthur Lyster
Date:
1909
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    FIRST STAGE HYGIENE. CHAPTEE I. THE GENERAL BUILD OF THE BODY—THE SKELETON. For the intelligent study of Hygiene or Health-Science it is necessary that the student should become acquainted with a certain definite amount of elementary Human Anatomy and Physiology. By Anatomy, we mean the study of the various parts of the body; and the study of the work which these parts have to do is known as Physiology. As far as is possible we shall consider these subjects in direct connection with those portions of Hygiene that are concerned with the healthy performance of the work of special organs of the body. In other words we shall first study the structure and the work of some part of the body, and then consider the hygienic conditions under which this part discharges its functions in the best possible way. Before any special organs can bo considered it is neces- sary to make ourselves acquainted with the general build of the body, the bony framework or skeleton, and the general arrangement of the internal organs. The simplest division of the body is into hard parts, comprising the cartilage and bones, and soft or fleshy parts. T]ie Hard Parts. The Skeleton. The skeleton serves a double purpose. Primarily it is the support of the soft parts, and servos to give the body a definite shape or build. Secondly, it