Every school yard should be provided with swings, bars, and gymnasium apparatus to encourage the children to take plenty of exercise. Children who live in crowded towns need exercise during vacation as well as during school days, and the school yards should be open to them at all times. A summer teacher who shows the children the best way to exercise, has work fully as important as that of any other teacher during the school term.
A sound body is more valuable than education itself, but a good education and a sound body together are the best assets any man or woman can have.
Questions. 1. State the four things necessary to cure consumption; show the value of each. 2. What is the value of fresh air to every one? 3. How may an abundance of fresh air be secured in the home? 4. In the school?
Remember. 1. Rest, fresh air, sunshine, and nourishing food are the cures for consumption. 2. All these things can be secured in any climate and by every person. 3. Tuberculosis is a communicable disease. 4. Tuberculosis can be prevented. 5. Tuberculosis can be cured.
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A SUMMARY OF ANATOMY
BONES AND JOINTS
The framework of the body
The framework of the body is composed of bones. There are 206 bones (not including the teeth) in the body. The bones of the body are divided into four classes—long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones.