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The finding of a satisfactory physicien will be made more certain ie we
familiarize ourselves with the signs of an unsafe physician.

g. Selection of a Dentist or Nurse
Selection should be approached by the same method, for each of
these professions have similar standards and qualifications.

References: Storey—-Individual Hygiene, Chapters 3-10 and Appendix
American Med. Assn.--Quacks and Quackery, Vols. 1& @
Fishbein, M.-- Tne Medical Follies
Fishbein, M.-- The New Medical Follies
Williams—-Personal Hygiene Applied, Chapters 1-5
Moore-—American Medicine and the People's Health
Meredith--Hygiene, Chapters 1-6

VI. BaSIS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL HYGIENE PROGRAM

While the ability to select our health advisers wisely and to discriminate
intelligently as to our sources of health information is fundamentally neces-—
sary, it is of equal importance for the individual to have a sound, working
knowledge of the facts and applications of hygiene. It is most useful to have
a brief resume of the minimum essentials of health knowledge and health prac-
tices.

1. Tests of Knowledge and Practice of Hygiene

Dr. Livingston Farrand's "10 points" end Smiley's "health ideal" meet the
needs of practical "measuring rods." They will be repeated here as 4
method for measuring your own knowledge of hygiene and comparing your
standards of health practices:

Dr. Livingston Farrand, President of Cornell University, has summed up for us
what he considers the minimum knowledge about hygiene that should be in the
possession of every educated individual:

(1) You should have a knowledge of the physiological basis for sound
health habits, such as regular and sufficient hours of sleep, right
posture, suitable exercise, and proper elimination.

(2) You should know the types and amounts and proportions of the
various food elements essential to the proper nurture of your body.

(3) You should have en acquaintance with the principles of normal
mental action and the conditions underlying the more common variations
from normal state of mind.

(4) You should have a general understanding of the sex instinct in
man——-its stages of development, its normal expression and the values
and penalties attached to it.

(5) You should have a knowledge of the fuctors determining infection
and resistance and the principles of artificial immunization in the
case of certain of the common infectious diseases.

(6) You should have a knowledge of the causes and prevention of the
degenerative discases to offer a prospect of passing through middle
life without a breakdown.