Vermont Medical Monthly Volume 17, No. 10 download book

Vermont Medical Monthly Volume 17, No. 10 by Vermont State Medical Society

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Author: Vermont State Medical Society
Page Count: 30 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130272581
Download Link: Vermont Medical Monthly Volume 17, No. 10
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...Sanitarians must devote themselves more and more to the prevention of these diseases in the country. With the growing tendency of the dwellers of the city to spend their summers in the country, this matter becomes increasingly important. The subject is a difficult one to handle and our knowledge of the conditions has outgrown our knowledge of the prevention. The opening of the public schools and the consequent segregation of the children of a community in a few buildings, has always been the sign of an increase in the amount of communicable disease. That this condition is gradually disappearing, is a matter for congratulation. The improvement is attributable to a number of factors, all based on a more thorough understanding of the methods of spread of these diseases. A marked improvement has been wrought in the last few years in the sanitary condition of the schools throughout the country. Better light, ventilation and more hygienic desks, and larger playgrounds, all bear an important relation to this result, for nothing is more important in preventing the contraction of infectious diseases than the normal physical condition of the individual exposed to infection. But farther than this, the increased knowledge and consequent watchfulness of the teachers is of great value, and in this state, without a general systematic medical inspection, is of prime importance. The early detection of a suspicious case may mean the prevention of an epidemic, but this does not go far enough. There is much need for uniform medical school inspection. The teacher can not be expected to detect many of the conditions which the inspector would readily discern. The day is surely coming when the medical inspection of schools will be an important part of our public health service. Th...

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