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Nursing, and Venereal Diseases. It also publishes a weekly- 

 bulletin called Health News. Large cities, such as New York, 

 Chicago, and Los Angeles, have health departments organized 

 along the same general lines, for health conservation. 



Special health agencies. One of the most important private 

 agencies for health conservation is the Rockefeller Foundation, 

 chartered in 1913 to promote the well-being of mankind throughout 

 the world. It has done notable work since its foundation in 

 eradicating hookworm, yellow fever, and malaria in different parts 

 of the world. It cooperates with other agencies, such as hospitals, 

 schools of hygiene, and universities, and has devoted millions of 

 dollars and, what is far more, the minds and lives of its scientists 

 to the end that the span of human life could be lengthened and 

 man's life on the earth be made safer. It is cooperating with 

 the Health Section of the League of Nations, and in this way 

 is aiding in the eradication of diseases in all countries. It, 

 together with such agencies as the Millbank Memorial Founda- 

 tion, the National and State Tuberculosis Associations, the 

 National Cardiac Association, the American Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cancer, the Eye-Sight Conservation Council, the 

 Nutritional Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute at Boston, the 

 National Health Council, American Red Cross, and the McCormick 

 Institute for Infectious Diseases in Chicago are supported by 

 private or public philanthropy, and are doing much to aid in the 

 splendid work of health conservation. 



Self-Testing Exercise 

 Check the correct statements for your workbook : 



T. F. 1. The periodic health examination is one of the best means 

 of keeping well. 



T. F. 2. Every state maintains a health department. 



T. F. 3. The law requires every person to have a health examina- 

 tion every year. 



T. F. 4. The Rockefeller Institute is interested only in finding the 

 causes of diseases in all parts of the world. 



T. F. 5. Sanitation is a form of conservation. 



