Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-02
THE RIGHT START.

sive observations of child health 70
20 years and careful study Of Stats
tics and estimation of all condition
lead to the following conclusions
From 100000 to 100000 Us to 2 pc
cent? Of these pupils have organi
heart disease. Over 100000 g.
per cent and In some schools as higl
as 80 per cent? have defective teeth
which are potentially. II not actually
detrimental to health. About $4,000.
600 Us per cent? Of the school chill
dren of this country need attention to
day for physical defects. which arr
partially or completely remediable."
This report seems to indicate q con
ditfon In this country but little. II any
superior to that shown to exist in Eng
land, and the character of the troubles
points to a like cause-namely. insult
ncient tissue building material. entail.
ing starvation and anemia.
Every human individual begins life
a. single cell of about one hundred
and twentieth inch in diameter. and
from that microscopic beginning in
the brief period of 40 weeks. 1t at
tains an average weight of approx
mately seven pounds. and normally IL
born with a smooth, pink skin and 10
otherwise perfectly developed.
There is no direct mixture of the
blood Of the mother and that of the
developing embryo. All the processes
contributing to its growth and main
tenance. including those Of respira-
ton and excretion. take place through
intermediate structures. This is an
extremely wise provision of nature.
whereby much of an injurious char
acter In the blood of the mother ID
barred from reaching the embryonic
tissues. Undoubtedly. the cells which
form the organs Of nutrition for the
embryo have . capacity for selecting
the elements required for the purpose
Of nutrition not Influenced by the ex-
igencies Of commerce.
Were It not for this intermediary
process. the embryo rarely would es-
cape being poisoned or otherwise In
1ured by all the varied unhealthy
products and substances which the
ignorance Of some mothers allows to
be present in their blood during this
important period. Even with this
means Of protection. the maternal
blood may be 30 utterly deficient in
nutritive qualities that the fluids
which reach the embryonic cells may
be very much impaired in quality.
All the tissues. including the bones.
are dependent during the intrauterine
life on the supply Of nutrient material
derived from the maternal blood. Our
tissues require proteids. fats. carbo-
hydrates. salts. water and oxygen
irom the inspired air. II the blood Of
the mother IL deficient In these ele-
ments the growth and development |
of the embryonic bones will be 70
.arded and the imperfections thus be- |
gun will be continued In infants |
whose blood il not restored to Q nor
nal state after birth.
Individuals insumciently nourished
before birth enter the world handi-
:apped by blood deficient in nutritive
md oxygen-carrying power. and un-
ess this 10 early corrected. there II
10 q result arrested development. The
fleet of q faulty diet In the causation
4 disease IL demonstrated by expert
nents on animals. Puppies fed on
aw flesh exclusively for six months
'ecome rickety, and pigeons and
fed on starch develop poly
leuritis. Therefore, . diet of starch
n patent process -four and q small
mount Of milk IL not to be recon-
nended for even the child of strong.
obust parents and should be relig-
ously stunned by those of low VI
atty. An infant cannot thrive on
Ibrary paste.
Life. blood and food are % init
,ately blended that 1t is impossible
D consider one without the other.
nd. blood being the connecting bond
etween life and food. It 10 Of the ut
lost importance that 1t be maintained
its highest point of efficiency.
'hich 10. of course. the normal.
We know comparatively little about
he process Of digestion or of the finer
tructure and composition of the red
lood corpuscle and Of the blood
tream In general. But there IL one
lct conclusively proved and found to
9 constant and universal. namely.
hat good health and hemoglobin
ontent are synonymous.
II your hemoglobin content ranges
etween 80 and 100 you are rated nor
lal approximately; II below 30 you
re anemic. and the gravity Of the
,ndition can be very accurately
by the amount of hemoglo-
n content distributed among the
imber of corpuscles present
1t is desirable to keep this fact well
mind. 1t is the poorly fed, Ill clad
Id poorly educated child Of today
'at 10 to become the parent of to
orrow.
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