BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



ment. Good, brisk walks in the open air are 

 conducive to the development of all the muscles 

 of the human structure. When walking do 

 not drag along as if not quite sure what your 

 limbs were given you for. It is necessary to 

 How to Walk. walk briskly in order to keep the circulation 

 just right. Keep your head erect; your 

 shoulders well thrown back to give the inspired 

 air a chance to expand the lungs and keep 

 them in good working trim. Narrowchested 

 people become such very often because they 

 neglect to carry themselves erect and "square 

 their shoulders" when they stand or walk. 

 Narrow-chested people court tuberculosis. To 

 walk several miles a day is necessary for those 

 whose occupations keep them indoors most of 

 the time. 

 How to Dress. — There is nothing more hygienic in 



^^^^^- the way of dress than the nurses' uniform, but 



it was never designed for street wear. It was 

 designed to protect the sick from bacteria so 

 frequently carried to them in the woolen 

 dresses, as well as by the soiled hands, of those 

 who used to care for them, and who knew noth- 

 ing of the laws of hygiene as trained nurses 

 understand them today. 

 Keep the In some cities nurses seem to be given to the 



Sacred™ habit of going a|)out the streets and on street 



cars in their uniforms when out for a "con- 

 stitutional." This practice, if they but stop to 



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