The digestion of healthy children of seven to fourteen years old is good; the period is one of great growth, demanding a gain of from five to twelve grams per day. Half the nitrogenous food may be of animal origin. Fat is absolutely necessary at this age, and when the coarser forms are repulsive, great care must be taken to give it in a delicate or concealed form.
The incessant activity of...
It will be seen that cows' milk is not an exact substitute for mothers' milk, and if diluted it is still less so, since the proportions are not the same. The potassium salts which seem so necessary to the building up of the blood corpuscles and body tissue are deficient as well as the fat.
A favorite recommendation of physicians is to allow fresh, clean milk to stand, protected from dust,...
Food, in order to be used by the body, must be digested and this process of digestion is a complicated one. It might almost be said to begin before the food is eaten, as it is greatly influenced by appetite, smell, sight, and the surroundings. These subjects will be mentioned more fully later on.
Good food prepared in a skilful manner, pleasant to see, to smell, and to taste, taken in...
Each living thing has its food, without which it dies. This food may vary within certain limits; beyond them disease sets in, even if life continues.
Every child who has kept chickens or rabbits knows how carefully and regularly they need to be fed. Every child who has grown house plants or cultivated a garden plot knows how necessary air, water, and soil are for their life and growth.
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The general aim for our purposes muscular exercise may be considered from three viewpoints:
1. In relation to its use as a definite remedial measure in a few pathologic conditions.
2. In relation to the development of the individual in structure and function.
3. In relation to general somatic vigor. Somatic vigor is the essence of that power of resistance which the organism shows to...
One of the most common questions people ask concerning fitness and health in general is how to get a six pack. The six pack is the most coveted of all physical appearance characteristics. It tells the world that you are in shape, healthy, dedicated and strong. Of course, it gives you the added benefit of being in great condition, lowering your health concerns and fitting back into those jeans...
Having a flat stomach and a set of six-pack abs is not just for looks anymore. There are benefits such as feeling better and being healthier that goes along with a trim tummy. While you must exercise in order to achieve these dream abs there is also the factor of eating right and losing excess body fat to achieve this goal. The layer of fat above the stomach has to be reduced to allow the...
Mathematics can be fun. The apparent paradoxes of ruthless logic, the twists and tricks of simple arithmetic, are the delightful thorns in every intelligent person's intellectual flesh. The truth is that we're all intellectual snobs, and games of skill and chance (where the skill is ours, the chance the other fellow's) intrigue us all, from nine to ninety, student to dilettante. Here is a mine...
On the legitimate stage actors and actresses are called on to read their parts before beginning rehearsals. In the movies the part is read to them. Before the company begins to make even the first scene in a photoplay the scenario writer and director call a meeting and rehearse the company, reading the scenario and explaining the meaning of each scene.
If the author and director are wise...
Amateur theatrical clubs, theater guilds, and the like, have done much to make the modern drama the great art that it is. But because of the overwhelming expense heretofore attached to the making of movies there have been no attempts at any similar activities in the films. The movies have never had the ad- vantage of the experiments of amateur societies.
Today, however, the making of movies...
