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gent knowledge of disease and understand its prevention. There 

 are still too many defects such as mouth infection, tonsil infec- 

 tion, overweight, underweight, foot defects, and visual defects. 

 If all people had an annual health examination, many diseases 

 would be prevented. Disease prevention should be an incentive 

 for all people since it will reflect in the substantial gains in the 

 vitality of the nation. In the previous chapters, suggestions 

 concerning diets, sunlight, exercise, rest, and mental relaxation 

 have been given. In subsequent chapters methods of avoiding 

 actual diseases will be discussed. 



The measurement of health. A test to show whether one's 

 personal habits are hygienic is the Payne " Habits and Practices 

 in Accident Prevention and Health " given in the Appendix. A 

 high school student should score at least 355 under A, 75 in the 

 items under B, and 70 in the items under C. The points total 500. 



Questions and Suggestions 



1. What is a popular objection to the study of disease ? 



2. Name three popular misconceptions of health. Discuss the 

 fallacy in each of them. 



3. Give a scientific definition of health. 



4. How may health be attained ? 



5. What can be accomplished by education in health ? 



6. Why do we find a larger reduction in the diseases that a com- 

 munity can control, than in those that an individual must control ? 

 Why is this true ? 



7. Discuss your ideas on an annual health examination. 



8. Give some examples of adaptations of the organism to changing 

 conditions. 



9. Discuss your ideas on the scoring of health practices. 



10. Score your habits and practices, as suggested in the test in the 

 Appendix, on a separate piece of paper. Add the score and see how 

 closely you approximate hygienic living. 



