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Title: The school physiology journal
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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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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ill make us do : and I canno way that this can be done but through the Schools. WlLLARD PARKER, M. D. we is; it;see THE DANGER IN BEGINNING TO DRINK It is not enough to-warn children againstimmoderation; that isnot the beginning. Itis not enough to warnthem of the dangers of drunkenness : The schoolmust teach them that even the regular andmoderate use of alcohol is injurious to the health.and impairs ph)sical and intellectual activity. The school ought to uproot old superstitions.•Children must be shown that alcoholic drinks,•even taken in small and diluted amounts, di-minish the capacity for physical and intellectualwork, and that the feeling of increase of strength•experienced after taking alcohol is but an illu-sion. Total abstinence, therefore, must be thefoundation of anti alcohol teaching. But the co-operation of teachers is essential.The personal attitude of the teacher is not amatter of indifference, especially in matters inwhich indifference and prejudice are still com-
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Say please, first! HALF A PINT OF BEER BY J. J. RIDGE, M. D. Half a pint of beer wont do anybody anyharm. So said abroken-down, blear-eyed individual towhom, no doubt, half apint was not muchmore than a mouthful.If there was but one half pint of beer in theworld, and no possibil-ity of making or getting any more, it might, perhaps, go down somered lane or other with-out any serious conse-quences. But the soli-tary half pint is a myth,and, in pleading forcne, our beery friendhad his eye on a longseries of half pints,which, if one were al-lowed to be smuggledin, would plead the precedent, and join thefirst in the regionwithin. Hence, the question is not simplywhat one half pint canHalf a pint today means half aand the next day and the next, do or not do.pint tomorrow and so on, day after day, week after week, monthafter month, and year after year. Nay, it oftenmeans more than that. The half pint for dinnerpaves the way for the half pint for supper;the half pint this year often means a pint nex

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