Excerpt from The Ontario Public School Hygiene The present volume summarizes very briefly the teaching of the Reader in hygiene used in Ontario Public Schools, and contains much additional matter, especially in regard to hygiene. All boys and girls before they reach forms IV and V acquire some knowledge of animal physiology without any formal instruction, and they may be led to acquire a much fuller knowledge with a little assistance from the teacher. A detailed knowledge, however, such as is included in many school physiologies, is a mistake. Anatomical dissections and physiological demonstrations are not suitable for school children. For school children the important matter is hygiene - a knowledge of the laws of health. If, during their school days, children learn how to care for their health, and acquire health habits as they certainly should, they are laying the best possible foundation for doing their daily work with real enjoyment, and for bearing the stress and strain of adult life without danger of a physical or mental break-down. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.