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Xlyiil—The Details Of Woman's Work In Sa...
XLYIIL—THE DETAILS OF WOMAN ' S WORK IN SANITARY REFORM . _* _9 _»
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( Continued from page 227 . J Those women who are engagedin the work of education , can
, do much to elevate the physical condition of society by instructing their pupils in the elements of human anatomy , physiology , and
h e ygiene -d . utilit No oth and er branch importance of secul as ar these knowled . The ge is mental of such , moral universal , and ,
veryay y to physical the sanitary welfare of laws every ; certainl human y b then eing are all dependent should have upon that obedienc know e -
ledge without which obedience is impossible . To girls this knowledge is especially necessary , for upon them will devolve in after life
the management of households , the training of infants and children , and the care of the sicknone of which duties can be properly
performed by one ignorant , of the laws of life and health . Several of the most intelligent members of the medical profession have for
years been attempting to introduce the study of physiology and h subject ygiene b into the our late schools Mr . George . From Cornbe a very _* admirable we learn that pamp " hlet the on follow this
ing document y has been drawn up and subscribed , to by sixty-five of the leading hysicians and surgeons of Londonincluding the principal
teachers p of anatomy and physiology and the , practice of medicine and and also all the medical officers of the royal household : —
surgery , 66 Our opinion having been requested as to the advantage of making the elements of human physiology , or a general knowledge of
the laws of health , a part of the education of youth , we , the undersignedhave no hesitation in giving it strongly in the affirmative .
, We are satisfied that much of the sickness from which the working classes at present suffer might be avoided ; and we know that the
best directed efforts to benefit them , by medical treatment are often greatlimpededand sometimes entirely frustrated , by their
ignorance y and neglect , of the conditions upon which health necessarily depends , We are , therefore , of opinion , that it would greatly tend
to prevent sickness , and to promote soundness of body and mind , vation were the of elements healthmade of p a hysiology part of general , in its education application 7 etc to . f the
preser" The governmen , t gave effect to this opinion , by ordering the preparation of an elementary work on physiology applied to health ,
and suitable diagrams to illustrate it , and by instituting examinadon * On : Simp Teaching kin & Marshall Physiology , 1857 , and . its applications in common schools . "
Lon-• f " The suffer greater i part th of the ( lt physical f i ) evils from which Return the of country the peop istrar le
General are now , " for the ng quarter are e ending resuo October gnorance , 1858 . "— ' . , Reg
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/28/
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