, 1870-02-12
SCHOOL.ROOM DISEASES.
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The celebrated German pay,to,os.st Dr.. Viz.
caon. 81 Bef'lu, l21e!y addressed to the Mln,Itsr
q Public Ednca..ou CT Prussia, report upon
.esoer eS GneMes lpGIasss 70 N apd CONNECTED With
ualon upon this subject. 4 1eauing d.seass,
wnicn. 10 soHe exttnr, u believed 10 uzif1naIe
:nG9 81 Hs ,eDJ .esga1s sf IN snG5 H.
nEssla, ~ csp1ta1 Of s.les!s, i PEI cent an
eased eIea was iouut In tue vuIsya schools. and
ibe largest tn the highest Classes of tne colleges
IN tse city: 1a the "gJnnaslum = ~ per cent Of
every pnedted students Of the university the eve.
s1fbr 0! 4ixfy'eizht va impaired. The CAUSES OF
~ dts.suona coEd,tion we're found. not Only ID
E rnpaepsaJ a; ~ tas permanent nesrntss ot the
ns,a1 ,saam matter 70 the e!s so.1scted WIN ne
Of tight and sade arc Also !njaf1o1s to tpe v,sop.
Sfnolafs shirt up n SEMI l-taskutas md their eyes
aefousiy n1eetea foE some 1lonses After coming
into stsnng Ignt Tnta Eeakena the Optic nerve,
and Ieooeea the 1eng1h OF yta,on. Tne iiEhl
snfu.d be hept a. pear medium In quantity aspos-
tlole. palness 10 tne heat, neauacn<, and con.
peculst EcaolslEc dtseaseA In Sesraale, Ia
s*itkef:And, ~ pnpin OUT oi 1si. OF upward o. 20
PEI cent suffered tFcm headsc1e, the G1lls belpg
the boye. 10 Da.tnstAds, sos4 boys anu
girls belonging 10 nuoic and private ac1ool xere
sxan,Ie Cd of : compesens pnJslclan; s7s Of tho
caas Of the College Of that city, Up xaz OF 50 per
cenr Suffered TOM the aane complaint The per.
g se9sase 1Ie1ea.ed With the increase Of studles
thla c!ass Of ailments 70 bad ventilation and heat
;nG school !ooaaa WAN trou a:oEes, which
i1om tie ness is sse z.pIas * ;he .uessass sS iS
Gstnah schools Tnis Il accounted for from tne
dspeksd TO THIS nau.testaton ens1 the 10 xer. In.
creased mental labor wou.d sccornt for the differ
e. se U the nun,hess. Curvature Of the dorsa,
o. ~ ne schools, wno nave been in a:teudaucs TOR
is some yeasr. 4 invariably comtnences between
I sss q Of .ns .pas nd IN = 81, cd eass. q, IL
tne heIal1g Of me SPITE ~ Il Il csused in mt.
& t,eolc-~orf, It evidently csnnot be attsibnted
q that rart ot The ,cuJ. Aos tr.nitg matter
renaIk cf sA!lfal orthooe,lltt who fourd QUE
soe1lutI q auoss every elf u class higher Than
upon their garments, which By constAptiJ
entef1rR into tie seats on the same side were
W qua!ly spread. fulmenaEy diseases arc also
Talked among ihose which msy be Induced by the
10 perfect construction OF scaool-bouses Poor
sentiisslop. dps. IN schoo+foons, anu especially
mas o. ne ans 49, q ne
eases. scro!ulous talhts arc also developed nptt
aRrtA1attd ty causss such Rs tho.e mept,oped,
Ehue large class OF abduminai complains nnd
thFlr origin In defective nea,s, Improper
oonrnenens, a1d Iasss habits il tne
schoo,e. whereby the circulation OF the blood ID
fte ABDOMINAL regions may become interrupted.
hese Ate the facts UNDERLYING the report TneJ
a!e !nten.el1 Iatereatio0. aud should be sr1d1ed
asteuttve:y and thoroughly hr the friends OF eta,
caslon 70 WIS conntrJ. In all the large cities our
echGol honses have been vastly Improved within
Tie last few ycars There to more room, yepsl!s-
lion IL irees light batter, and tae heat distributed
note equally. But the end OF needed improve.
nEnM has npt been reached.