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Title: Adventures with animals and plants
Identifier: adventureswithan00kroe (find matches)
Year: 1948 (1940s)
Authors: Kroeber, Elsbeth, 1882-; Wolff, Walter Harold, 1901-
Subjects: Biology
Publisher: Boston : D. C. Heath
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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PROBLEM 5. Ho'iv to Achicvc Better Health for All 369
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Fig. 322 New York Hospital, New York City. Here people are treated for mental and physical illnesses in co?>ifortable, pleasant surroundings, (the society of the new YORK hospital) some respect or received a rebuff. In general, day-dreaming is undesirable only when it interferes with the activities nec- essary to successful living. Often young people are sensitive about variations in physical structure, being too short or too tall, too stout or too thin. They fail to realize that they are quite normal even though they are not "average." The normal has so wide a range that you may assume that you are normal. It is important to remember that men- tal illness is like physical illness, in that only a qualified specialist can diagnose or treat it. For this reason you must never hesitate to consult a psychiatrist for diagnosis and advice. But, in general, you need not worry about your mental health; most people are mentally healthy. Education and health. Public education both in and out of school has helped im- prove the health of many thousands of people. People have been taught the dan- gers of syphilis and gonorrhea; they have learned to use only pasteurized or spe- cially certified milk and how to exclude bacteria. Education has been of particu- lar help in lowering the death rate of infants. Mothers now generally seek medical advice before the baby is born and obtain advice on infant care. In Cincinnati, for example, the death rate of infants per 1000 births at the beginning of this century varied from 155-200. Since 1940 the figure is 25-50 per 1000 births. The United States compares fa- vorably with other countries in saving

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