The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Maij, 1927 The Health Bulletin 31
takes herself too seriously. Her children
do likewise. Many of the college
students remind me of the following
ix)em
"THE MODERN MAN"
Humj the baby as fast as you can,
Hurry him, worry him. make him a
man.
Off with his baby clothes, get him in
pants
Feed him on brain food and make him
advance.
Hustle him, soon as he's able to tcalk.
Into a grammar school; cram him with
talk.
Fill his poor head full of figures and
facts.
Keep on a-jamming them in till it
cracks.
Once boys grew tip at a rational rate,
Now u'e develop a man while you wait.
Rush him through college, compel him
to grab
Of every knoic-n subject, a dip and a
dab.
Get him in business and after the cash,
All by the time he can grow a
mustache.
Let him forget he teas ever a boy.
Make gold his god and its jingle his
joy.
Keep him a hustling and clear out of
breath,
Until he wins— Xervous prostration and
Death.
Too many people think of health in
terms of the physical alone. The
health of the college student must be
considered in terms of the intellectual,
emotional, and social, as well as the
physical. If a student is finding it
hard to get his studies the intellectual
influences the emotional and social and
the physical suffers. If the physical
side is at fault (bodily defects or illhealth
in general), the intellectual suffers
and in turn the social and emotional
will suffer. Thus a student must
be protected from this vicious cycle.
The physical side of health must be
considered, but also should the intellectual,
emotional, and social.
"What Corrective Progress
What progress has been made in
correcting these conditions I am not
entirely a pessimist. I recognize that
the life expectancy is now fifty-six
jears. This increase in life expectancy
is due largely to the wonderful work
that has been done in infant welfare
work and also due to the discoveries
which medical science has made and is
still making. The discoveries of Pasteur,
Jenner, Koch, and others do not
necessarily mean that the public is
taking advantage of these discoveries.
Just last year at the University of
Illinois we had what might have been
a dangerous smallpox epidemic. Of
course many people have never seen a
virulent case of smallpox. They fail
to realize that many European towns
have, in the dark past, been wiped
out because of smallpox. Why should
they submit to vaccination Isn't there
great danger in vaccination These
so-called intelligent people had to be
literally forced to guard themselves,
and in this twentieth century ! Progress
in health is being made but it takes
more perspiration than inspiration. The
nurses of infant welfare societies know
that many mothers resent health instruction
for their children. Persistent
education and preventive hygiene measures
are needed if we are to improve
the health conditions of this country.
It is not enough for you to say, "Well
I take care of my family." You may.
but you must be your brother's keeper
if you are to protect your family from
the various diseases that are all too
prevalent. You must assist in getting
after those who will not help themselves.
People who most need health
instruction are never at health meetings.
You must be the health messenger,
carrying the gospel of good health
to those who most need it. For that
purpose you must know more about
health. The advice and teachings of
quacks and charlatans must be ignored
for the more conservative but scientific
teachings of the medical profession.
The medical profession must help you
by informing you, in layman's language,
about health.
Coordinated effort of the various
recognized health agencies will make
for better health. No one agency has
a corner on health. Physical education
makes for better health providing the
other health agencies are allowed to
do their work. Physical education is