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Title: The school physiology journal
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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Subjects: Physiology Hygiene Temperance Physiology Hygiene Temperance
Publisher: Boston : Mary H. Hunt
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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el, said her father. Andits story night you know, so hurry up. Just as soon as Ive said good-night toTick-tock, answered Ethel, flitting across thehall for a last look at the long brass pendu-lum, swaying solemnly back and forth at the footof the stairs. Good-night, old Tick-tock, wake me up inthe morning. What time is it?said her father, whenEthel was cuddled upin his lap for the good-night story. Youreyes are younger thanmine and can see bet-ter. Cant I see the fig-ures on Tick-tock, whenIm as old as you? saidEthel, as she told thetime. I hope so my dear,if you are more carefulof your eyes than Ivebeen. Shall I tell youthe reason I cant seeany better ? Oh do, said Ethel. So father began: Thedoctor says its becauseIve smoked too manycigars. Im trying tostop, but its hard work,and Im afraid its toolate to make my eyesightas good as it once was. Is that what makesyour eyes red? askedEthel. Yes dear, I sup-pose so. You know howvery delicate the eyeis. We cant touch itwithout pain, as we
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Good-night, Old Tick-tock ! and my hearing isnt so good as it used to beeither. The doctor tells me that children are learn-ing all these things in school now. If Id beentaught them when I was a boy, I might havesaved my eyes, and my other senses would havedone me more good too. Then it was time for Ethel to go to sleep, sofather left her in her little white bed, for old Tick-tock to wake up inthe morning. Get from the childrenthe ways brought outin this story in whichtobacco hurts the senses,then write them on theboard. Tobacco makes theeyes red and bloodshot. Tobacco irritates thelining of the throat andnose. Tobacco often makesthe throat sore. Tobacco Hinders the Work of the Sense Organs. In showing how theuse of tobacco makesthe senses dull and stu-pid, it will be well to,begin by reviewing brief-ly some of the thingswhich each sense oughtto do for us. Let the class go inturn to the window ordoor, then return andname all the objects theyhave noticed in thisone glance. Then askeach

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