The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (July 1903)
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106 THE OPTICAL magic “The Maintenance of Health in Large Towns” by G. V. Poore, M.D., London.
‘Purity of Life in relation to Athletic Vigour” (to men only) by C. G. Wheelhouse, F.R.C.5. “The value of Athletics as counter Agents to
Sedentary occupation” by Sir Dyce Duckworth, M.D. « Athletics, for and against,” by Sir B. Ward Richardson. “ Hereditary (Men only) by Sir Crichton Browne. “The religion of the body” by Sir Andrew Clark, Bart. The last three obtained a world wide circulation,
Extension of the Scheme
Public attention now having been attracted, the scheme was extended so as to bring the health-teaching within close touch of the people. Four of the leading Medical Men of the City were appointed as lecturers, to deliver six lec
tures upon practical subjects adopted for popular audiences at four different centres of the City, each course being repeated in a different centre to that in which it was originally delivered. Making 48 lectures in all.
These lectures proved so successful and useful, that they have been continued annually, the lecturers being changed every two years and the centres annually.
Style of lectures.
The lecturers are charged to treat the subjects in as popular a way as possible. Consequently technicalities are avoided and scientific instruction prevented in the dress of plain easily-understood language ‘with the attractive aid of diagrams and lantern slides.
The gatherings are free, and unconventional, a chairman being dispensed with, and last one hour, and as a rule are crowded nightly by appreciative audiences. :
The most popular lectures are those to men and women only, and those on consumption, digestion, sight and hearing.
Results.
Such practical instruction has been of incalculable benefit to the health and well being of the community, and it has been publicly acknowledged and the Founder thanked by Alderman Cook, Chairman of the Health Committee.
When in 1894, Mr. A. H. D. Acland, Minister of Education, visited Birmingham to lay the Foundation stone of the Municipal Technical School, these lectures were brought under his notice, with the result, the following year the New Code issued by the -Board of Education, authorised the giving of similar instruction in Evening Continuation School.
LANTERN JOURNAL
Such lectures too are now being generally given throughout the country. The following is the Syllabus for the last Season :— By J. Furnreacx Jorpan, Esa.
1. Diyestion and Indigestion.
The food we eat. Errors of diet. commonest causes of indigestion.
Wounds.
Exactly what to do for small wounds. How to avoid blood poisoning. Burns and scalds. (Illustrated by Lantern Slides).
Wounds that cause Bleeding.
How to stop the bleeding. Treatment for bleeding other than that caused by wounds.
To Women only.
The Kye.
The chief causes of blindness. Long sight and short sight. How to preserve good sight. (Illustrated by Lantern Slides).
Consumption.
The Prevention of Consumption. Its many forms. The importance of early treatment. (Illustrated by Lantern slides).
By A. Roscor Bapcsr, Esa.
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Functions and Structure of Heart and Blood.
Cireulation of the Blood. Heart strain. Anemia. ‘Bad Circulation.” (Lantern Slides).
Health and Exercise.
Effects of exercise and over exercise. Various exercises discussed.
Breathing.
Why we breathe and how we should breathe. Bad Air. Pure Air. Ventilation. .(Lantern Slides).
To Aen only.
The Common Accidents and Illness of Life. What to do. What not to do. (Lantern Slides). ;
The Structure and Functions of the Skin.
Care of the Skin. Points about Clothing.
Dy Dr. Water R. JorRDAN.
Breathing and Health.
The apparatus of breathing. Obstructions in the path of the air breathed. Impurities in the air. (Illustrated by Lantern Slides).
Food: Wholesome and otherwise. .
Kinds of food. Cooking. Digestibility. Freshness. Meal-times. What to drink, and when.
What becomes of the Food we take into cur
Bodies ?
The machinery of digestion; how to keep it working properly. Growth and repair: signs of breakdown. (Lllustrated by Lantern Slides).
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