The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-04-02
THE GENERAL FEDERA- ys
TION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

Health Bulletin No. 1, Civics Com
! mittee. AA s
MRS. Rufus P. Williams.)
is your child we'll? No medicine
No cost!
Mothers read; remember; tell 9th
ers. h,
i There is no such thing as soun'
mind in an unsound body" (Emer
SON.
Make your child healthy by keep
ing it clean, keeping it in the fresl
air and sunshine, and giving it nutri
Itious food.
A healthy child needs no medicine
"A healthy child is better able t.
resist the germs Of disease.
A healthy child has the bes
chance for success.
+ A child with strong lungs will re
sist the germs that cause consump'
| ton.
/ Teach your child to s1nd erect
with the head we'll against the collar
and chest out.
Teach your child to fill the lungs
breathing deeply Through the nose,
not through the mouth, holding the
breath an instant, then expelling it
slowly.
I Roberts says: He who breathes
best, lives best. Deep breathers,
other things being equal, live longer
than short breathers."
"A faulty position while standing,
walking or sitting, not only cramps
the vital organs and interferes with
breathing, circulation of the blood
and digestion of food, but weakens
the muscles which are needed for
everyday work" (Sargent.)
\ Frequently drawing in full
breaths and filling the lungs as COM
ipletely as possible, is one of the best
methods of Strengthening the spine
and preserving the chest from, de-
formities. (Sargenr.)
Respiratory exercises and, sub
sequently, lessons in reading, reciting
and singing, are oftentimes Of the
greatest use in strengthening weak
chest, and it is not too much to say,
in arresting consumption. ;"
1(Browne.)
Oxygen (pure air. is as neces-
sary food as meat, potatoes" etc
( Rockwell.)
Teach your child to keep moving
after being heated with play.
Teach your child to move about
when the feet are wet, not sit down.
Colds can no more originate tub
erculosis than powder can ignite
without fire. but anything that low
ers the bodily health, the vital re-
sistance, makes soil for the
tubercle Bacilli."e (Davis.)
Teach your child to keep the hands
clean.
Teach your child to keep the
finger nails clean.
Teach your child never to pick
the nose with the fingers but use a
4. Teach your child never to put fin
gers or pencils in the mouth.
Teach your child never to put
whistles or toys in the mouth with
out first washing them.
Teach your child never to moisten
the finger or thumb when turning
pages, handling money or papers.
Teach your child never to eat
things that are dirty. Never to eat
fruit or candy picked up in the
street.
Teach your child to wash the cup
used by others, before drinking
from it.
Teach your child to gargle the
throat with salt and water after be-
ing exposed to disease. (One-fourth |
Of teaspoonful of salt to a tumbler
IF water.)
Teach your child never to kiss
;ick friend.
Teach your child when coughing
llways to turn the head away from
! person and hold a hand or hand
over the mouth.
Teach your child always to spit
tut material coughed up, not swallow
t.
Teach your child to spit in a piece
4 paper or cloth and burn it, or If
hat is impossible, in the gutter, not
N the floor or the sidewalk.
Teach your child to clean the teeth
nOrning and night.
Teach your child to eat slowly.
Teach your child to chew the food
,ell.
Teach your child to be cheerful.
Teach your child to stay in the
unshine and fresh air.
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