Dr. Evans' How to keep well; (1917) (14583852060)

Identifier: drevanshowtokee00evan (find matches)
Title: Dr. Evans' How to keep well;
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Evans, William Augustus, 1865- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Medicine, Popular Hygiene Sanitation
Publisher: New York, Pub. for Sears, Roebuck and co. by D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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to have theseperiods come when the childrenare at recess. The temperature when the chil-dren are in the room should be68° F. When the children come in from play the temperature should be60°; fifteen minutes later it should be 68°. Cold school rooms should havea temperature of 55°. The windows in such rooms should be wide open. Dept. of Public Instruction, Springfield, III.Fig. 515.—Single-Flue Ventilation. 1268 HOSPITALS—SCHOOLS It is quite evident that in the school concerning which W. B. writesnobody has made any observations or given much thought to either heatingor ventilating. In that, however, this school is not peculiar. Help for Teachers Nerves.—E. writes: How would you preventnervous prostration, if forced to breathe continually the contaminated airof a public school kindergarten, and have the care of fifty children, morn-ings and afternoons? The ventilation of the schools is said to be perfect/which is of course a fallacy. Mrs. Young forced the janitors to open the
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Dept. of Public Instruction, Springfield, III. Fig. 516.—Construction of a Double-Flue Chimney. A, foul air flue; B, chimneytile; C, opening into foul air flue; D, door which controls supply of air to the furnace. windows twice a day, but that is quite insufficient in a crowded room, andit only takes a few days or weeks to produce a perfect lassitude and weak-ness. Now I do not want to give up my profession, and I want some physicalforce. I never weigh more than 100 pounds and have continual difficultyin keeping built up. After a long vacation, I feel better for a little while,then begin the fight all over again. Can you recommend any course oftreatment, or exercise, that might mitigate my trouble? Reply.—The air of schoolrooms in Chicago and elsewhere is far fromwhat it should be. The method is not perfect nor even approximately so.It is too warm, too dry, too dusty, too still and not freshened oftenenough.