New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-19
FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
,,,~7ARy AND INVOLUNTARY MUS
Giles AND THEIR POWERS
CONSIDERED.

TUE SHOULDER BECOMES DIsLocATED Mo'h
Easily THAN THE HIP JOINT. WHICH Is
OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION.
49,. so.etv for instruction In First Aid TO the
,.,rrs, began its work for the present season yes
" ''s.v when the first lecture OF the first course
-. e,ven In the rooms OF the United Chari''eS
nus,ng Fourth-ave. and Twenty -second-s'
Dr Herman b. Baruch was the lecturer ana MS
.p,,lnarv consisted OF talk upon anatomy on
.nch general lines would be useful IN the "oiN
contemplated by the class -,
at Is not proposed to make surgeons or ph!si
clans o, YOU" said the lecturer but mercy ~
,Aoch YOU what to do until the doctor comes an"
hsfors your knowledge o, the method Of making
handage can be OF value you must kno" some INNS
a, the bones that may require bandag7ng-their au-
,ps.ments and the accidents possible to them'
Aided by a manikin and skeleton ior purposes
NJ illustration DIR. Baruch gave a clear. sucCi"O'
and sngularly interesting talk on the pony s'ruc'
u,s ~ the body the nervous system, the principai
organs and their functions. The class saw Oy MS
manipulation Of the skeleton why the shou'uei 0
comes dlslocated more easily than the nip JOINT
which Is of similar construction and what osloca-
tons and fractures might occur Inc Voluh'a's
and involuntary muscles, their powers anu iN''O
lions and the different portions Of the nervous sEs
tom were briefly considered. II was SHOWN no"
accident might affect the nervous system, consisting
fbres the lecturer compared to telegraph wires
,unn,ng through the entire physical system Win
,ae oedulIa obionsata kind Of central STATION.
I'm relation 10 the organs OF respiration, II was
shown why we should breathe through the nostrils
and not through the mouth, the passage through
the former serving the double purpose OF neatlns
and altering the air before II reaches the lungs
From the lecturers demonstrating that normal
breathing differs somewhat In men and women Inc
former using the abdomen more than the chest IN
RESPIRATION while tho reverse is true OF women
hint might be gathered which would be OF value TO
those vocal teachers who insist upon abdominal
breathing" for all their pupils without regard 10
the anatomical variations OF sex.
The business OF the skin as a cleansing agent was
clearly pointed out. People rarely realize me
intense Importance Of this function OF the SKIN
which s nearly as potent in relieving the BODY OF us
impurities as the Kidneys Yet people worry about
the least trouble with the kidneys, while they are
c0mpa "a lively careless regarding the SKIN .
TIE present class Is OF ten In NUMBER. the
largest vet formed The members OF these classes
nav e for the course OF six lessons ana al is con-
clusion undergo an examination, whicn, II success
fully passed entities them 10 a diploma OF MEM
bership in the Society for First Aid TO the Injured
There will be evening classes also, taxing couise
o, iye lectures for 81. These classes. botn DAY ana
evening are formed every month through the sea-
time Those for afternoons are generally com
posed OF parties OF friends. and so are OF seni-pr
vate nature. III, !, ,,,.. h.,
DR. Raruch next Monday at ESQ p. m, at the So
eiety's rooms In the United Charities Building.