HYGIENIC SUGGESTIONS. 
again the weak, flabby voluntary muscles, and 
suffering to endure also from a weakened con¬ 
dition of the involuntary. 
Exercise. —Proper muscular exercise then is 
necessary if we preserve our health. Muscular 
development of the arms is often very noticeable 
in nurses who gi\e massage treatment. 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 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. Narrow- 
chested 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. 
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 de¬ 
signed to protect the sick from bacteria so fre¬ 
quently carried to them in the woolen dresses, as 
well as by the soiled hands, of those who used to 
care^or them, and who knew nothing of the 
laws^of hygiene as trained nurses understand 
them to-day. 
In some cities nurses seem to be given to the 
habit of going about the streets and on street 
cars in their uniforms when out for a “constitu- 
IOI 
Walking 
Develops the 
Muscles. 
How to 
Walk. 
How to 
Dress. 
Keep the 
Uniform 
Sacred. 
