Identifier: hygieneofschoolr02barr (find matches)
Title: The hygiene of the schoolroom
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Barry, William Francis, 1872-
Subjects: School hygiene
Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rom thehead, congestion resulting, which interferes with theeyes. This same fault causes round shoulders from thecontinued stooping to be sufficiently near the work. Third, desk too far from seat, with stoop of the body,injuring the eyes. Danger here is in injuring the healthby compression of the abdomen and chest, dyspepsia,small chests and round shoulders. Note. Most authorities concede that better positions in the seat are maintained bythe child in writing with the vertical method than with the old slant method. It is ad-visable that the desk lid should be movable as a shorter distance is needed in writingthan in reading. Note. In speaking of school furniture we call the vertical space between the rearedge of the pupils desk and the plane of the seat the difference. It can be ascer-tained by measuring the distance from the seat bones to the elbow when the arm hangsdown Distance is the special term for the horizontal space between the rear edgeof the desk and front edge of the seat.
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FIG. 6. Illustrates a too small distance between the seat and desk, causingpressure on chest and stomach. School Furniture. 43 Fourth, flat desk lid, interfering with freedom ofwriting, disadvantageous as respects receiving the Hghtand compelHng the child to hold up his book in order tosee. Fifth, seats too high, so that the feet are not supportedand the legs grow weary. Sixth, insufficient support for the back, causing fatigueand improper attitudes and consequent tendency for thespine to yield and take a side curve. Seventh, seat not hollowed suitably, causing pain andrestlessness. Eighth, a well-proportioned desk and seat, but notadapted to size of the child using it. In a proper seat the child should be able to sit backfirmly and have both heel and sole touch the floor fairly,with the upper and lower leg forming a perfect rightangle. Foot-rests are particularly tiresome, as they limittoo narrowly the motion of the childs feet. The back-rest should follow in shape the normal curves

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