A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpointCraven, J. H. (John Henry)
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A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint
Craven, J. H. (John Henry)
Children -- Diseases; Chiropractic; Sanitation
Active occupations exercise the natural processes of the body and
create a necessity for the action of Innate in all parts of the
body. Activity keeps the muscles in tone and makes the processes of
elimination more active. Activity is one of Nature’s laws and is
essential in the vital expressions of life in the body. This is shown
by the provisions Nature has made for such activity. Especially are
the active occupations to be preferred over the sedentary for young
people and for those up to the age of forty-five or fifty. After this
age the sedentary occupations are not so detrimental.
Fatigue
Fatigue comes as a result of overwork and is a purely personal factor
since the amount of work that may be performed before producing
fatigue will vary in different individuals. Fatigue is produced
by an accumulation of toxines and waste material in the body when
katabolism is greater than anabolism. This may be brought on by
overtaxing the body to the point where it is impossible for Innate
Intelligence to rebuild the tissues as rapidly as they are being torn
down. It can readily be seen that if there should be an accumulation
of waste material from faulty metabolism due to interference with
transmission, fatigue would be produced sooner and with less work
than in the individual normally excreting the poisons.
If one part of the body or one set of muscles is overworked fatigue
neurosis will be produced. There may be loss of motor function due,
not to interference with transmission of motor mental impulses,
but to the fact that the organ, usually a muscle, becomes an
unfit medium for the expression of the mental impulses. A good
illustration of this is writer’s cramp, and cramps among typesetters
and telegraphers. In these cases, however, there are usually local
subluxations that should be adjusted.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Space Per Individual
In some states the legislatures have established a minimum of 400
cubic feet of space for each individual, but this is not sufficient
in some occupations and under some conditions. The amount of space
per workman must of necessity be governed by several factors: namely,
character of the work performed, character of the building, the
hygienic conditions of same, the type of ventilation used, whether
natural or mechanical, and the methods of heating and lighting. In
some trades and under certain conditions 1000 cubic feet space per
workman would not be excessive.
Character of Buildings
When practicable the building should be constructed especially for
the kind of work to be carried on within. It should be fireproof and
of a material that will lend to the hygienic demands in industry.
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