

By George W. Fitz, M.D., former Assistant Professor of Physiology 

 and Hygiene, Harvard University, and sometime Teacher of Science 

 in Cook County Normal School, III. xiii + 357 pp. 12010. S1.12. 



Dr. George L. Meylan, of Columbia University, in the Educational 



Review: "This volume marks a distinct advance in the effort to produce 

 a satisfactory textbook of physiology and hygiene for high schools. The 

 remarkable development of hygiene and sanitation during the last few 

 years has caused the school" textbooks on hygiene to become obsolete and 

 unsatisfactory. The typical school textbook on this subject contains a 

 description of elementary anatomy and physiology supplemented by 

 dogmatic rules of hygienic living, with a disproportionate emphasis on the 

 evil effects resulting from the use of alcoholic beverages and narcotics. 

 The subject of community hygiene has been ignored almost entirely. 

 Such important topics as the cause of disease; the ways by which germ 

 diseases are transmitted; the defenses against disease; the significance 

 of vaccination, isolation, and quarantine; the reasons for inspection of 

 water, milk, and food supply, etc., have been omitted from school books. 



s volume includes chapters on physiology, personal hygiene, 

 community hygiene, and first aid to the injured. In the first chap- 

 ter a clear description of the fundamental biological laws governing 

 the growth, nutrition, and reproduction of organisms serves the purpose 

 of a good introduction to the treatment of physiology in the following 

 chapters. The treatment of physiology deserves especial commendation. 

 The essential principles of elementary physiology are presented clearly and 

 concisely. An abundance of exceptionally good illustrations and the addi- 

 tion at the end of each chapter of simple experiments constitute valuable 

 aids in understanding the structure and functions of the various organs. 



The general subject of personal hygiene is well presented. ... A 

 fair amount of well-selected material on public hygiene adds greatly to the 

 value of this book. ... the treatment of physiology and hygiene shows 

 originality in statement and arrangement of material." 



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