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many uncertain details still remaining themselves are thoroughly trained the best results require elucidation in regard to pleo- will not be got, and there will be danger of harm morphism in bacteriology, and observations on being done instead of good to some at least of the meningococcus are especially interesting at the pupils ; therefore a proper system of training the present time owing to the number of cases colleges for teachers and of supervision of teaching of cerebro-spinal meningitis which have occurred must be established. Australia before the war had set an example of prudence and forethought in ,during the ’last 12 months. establishing a system of universal military training. If this report is acted upon she will also have set us an example in national physical education PHYSICAL TRAINING.1 which will be worthy of our imitation. WHEN the people .of the Commonwealth oi Australia set about the work of universal military service they did not falter, but rightly considered TREATMENT OF PROGRESSIVE PARALYSIS the matter comprehensively. It very soon became BY EHRLICH-HATA PREPARATIONS. apparent that if they wished for military efficiency Dr. V. Massarotti in Il Policlinico (Sept. lst, a beginning must be made long before the age for 1915) gives an analysis of 830 cases of general service in the ranks of the army. In order to have the best material the physical training of paralysis treated by intravenous injections of "606" and 914," and compares them with 10’ cases treated boys must be taken in hand and carried on conhimself in a similar way. By taking the pre;tinuously from school age until military age. by caution of injecting only fresh solutions made with Obviously this work could not be done without distilled water, of leaving an interval of at recently teachers, and although there were more than a year least eight days between one injection and another,. some 4000 teachers of for the .ago physical training and keeping the patient in bed for at least 12 hours, the of not Defence was cadets, junior Ministry satisfied that the best was being done, and accordingly by excluding cases with a tendency to apoplectiform epileptiform seizures, and by not exceeding the despatched Lieutenant-Colonel Bjelke-Petersen to or dose for every kilogramme of Europe to -study the systems in use there. The the beyond 1 centigramme patient’s weight, he has had no untoward results, result is now published in an interesting report which would apply in many respects to the United nor has he found any among recorded cases when. have been taken. Among, the Kingdom as well as to Australia. For we must similar precautions results obtained by several observers may positive dismi-ss from our minds the belief that the Australian of be noted: mitigation physical symptoms, espeis generally a countryman. Like many other in reaction of the pupil to light;. improvement cially Australia manifests the modern countries, tendency of aggregation of the population in the large towns, diminution of arthritic pains and better general marked ameliora. and consequently a very large proportion of recruits health; and disappearance of, or even resulting. in disthe mental tion in, phenomena, is composed of town-bred youths. In order to of the patient and his return to social life. provide teachers Colonel Petersen advocates thecharge A study of the author’s cases, and of those collected institution of training colleges, which should combine of the subject, shows how all the best features of those in Europe, and advises by him from the literature of general paralysis, when as yet in forms incipient that physical training should be made a "failing" are limited to a simple the mental subject—that is to say, a subject in which all neurastheniasymptoms and the bodily symptoms are not teachers must pass, no matter how highly qualified method of this treatment may induce a they may show themselves to be in others. serious, either and definite by direct rapid improvement Teachers should be , instructed to pay special of the or indirectly by general action remedy attention to delicate children with a view to imimprovement in the whole organism. Also, in, proving their development and correcting abnormal those early forms in which mental phenotendencies. In Sweden, he says, such pupils have in the form of exaltation mena predominate three lessons weekly after school hours under an a minor or of of slight depression,. degree expert teacher, and in London the authorities are of or dementia serious signs bodily symptoms experimenting with such a scheme. Another great in the mental an improvement absent, being desideratum is the provision of playing grounds, while in those patientsoccur, symptoms may in in size and where children numbers, adequate with few bodily symptoms but definite signs- of can indulge in healthful play within a couple of minutes’ walk from their homes. Necessarily this dementia, treatment with " 914 " seems to check the would require a very large number of small play- progress of the disease. Out of the 830 cases author marked and permanent grounds in any large town, but the expense would collected by the be well repaid in the well-being of the community. improvement was noted in 1’08 per cent., slight Much has been done in this direction in England, improvement in 25’18 per cent., cases which derived but unfortunately much more remains to do. In no benefit were 69’39 per cent., while the number of those whose condition seemed to become worse a well-planned and harmonious scheme off physical was 4’46 per cent. Dr. Massarotti thinks that 1’08 training the military part should be but the cent. of arrest of the disease should encourage per continuation and the crown of the previous us to persist in this method of treatment, nor civil training, and all teachers shouild work should we be deterred by the 4’46 per cent. of those together to one end, the production of a nation who became worse, as this might have occurred in of athletes, by which is meant, not a nation are
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of record-breakers, but a nation whose members have well-developed healthy bodies capable of the best and highest achievements for their own and their country’s good. This was once the Greek,ideal and should be ours. But unless the teachers 1 Australian Military Forces. Physical Training. Report by Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel C. Bjelke-Petersen, Director of Physical Training. Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne; Australia Commonwealth Offices, 72, Victoria-street, London, S.W.
The fact that 25’18 per cent. derived benefit should not be lost sight of, even though it only served to render the life of thepatients more tolerable. When, however, the bodily symptoms are severe this treatment should not be used, since besides running the risk of the case becoming worse, at most only the permanence of the status quo ante is obtained. The treatment should be reserved for incipient cases only. any
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many uncertain details still remaining themselves are thoroughly trained the best results require elucidation in regard to pleo- will not be got, and there will be danger of harm morphism in bacteriology, and observations on being done instead of good to some at least of the meningococcus are especially interesting at the pupils ; therefore a proper system of training the present time owing to the number of cases colleges for teachers and of supervision of teaching of cerebro-spinal meningitis which have occurred must be established. Australia before the war had set an example of prudence and forethought in ,during the ’last 12 months. establishing a system of universal military training. If this report is acted upon she will also have set us an example in national physical education PHYSICAL TRAINING.1 which will be worthy of our imitation. WHEN the people .of the Commonwealth oi Australia set about the work of universal military service they did not falter, but rightly considered TREATMENT OF PROGRESSIVE PARALYSIS the matter comprehensively. It very soon became BY EHRLICH-HATA PREPARATIONS. apparent that if they wished for military efficiency Dr. V. Massarotti in Il Policlinico (Sept. lst, a beginning must be made long before the age for 1915) gives an analysis of 830 cases of general service in the ranks of the army. In order to have the best material the physical training of paralysis treated by intravenous injections of "606" and 914," and compares them with 10’ cases treated boys must be taken in hand and carried on conhimself in a similar way. By taking the pre;tinuously from school age until military age. by caution of injecting only fresh solutions made with Obviously this work could not be done without distilled water, of leaving an interval of at recently teachers, and although there were more than a year least eight days between one injection and another,. some 4000 teachers of for the .ago physical training and keeping the patient in bed for at least 12 hours, the of not Defence was cadets, junior Ministry satisfied that the best was being done, and accordingly by excluding cases with a tendency to apoplectiform epileptiform seizures, and by not exceeding the despatched Lieutenant-Colonel Bjelke-Petersen to or dose for every kilogramme of Europe to -study the systems in use there. The the beyond 1 centigramme patient’s weight, he has had no untoward results, result is now published in an interesting report which would apply in many respects to the United nor has he found any among recorded cases when. have been taken. Among, the Kingdom as well as to Australia. For we must similar precautions results obtained by several observers may positive dismi-ss from our minds the belief that the Australian of be noted: mitigation physical symptoms, espeis generally a countryman. Like many other in reaction of the pupil to light;. improvement cially Australia manifests the modern countries, tendency of aggregation of the population in the large towns, diminution of arthritic pains and better general marked ameliora. and consequently a very large proportion of recruits health; and disappearance of, or even resulting. in disthe mental tion in, phenomena, is composed of town-bred youths. In order to of the patient and his return to social life. provide teachers Colonel Petersen advocates thecharge A study of the author’s cases, and of those collected institution of training colleges, which should combine of the subject, shows how all the best features of those in Europe, and advises by him from the literature of general paralysis, when as yet in forms incipient that physical training should be made a "failing" are limited to a simple the mental subject—that is to say, a subject in which all neurastheniasymptoms and the bodily symptoms are not teachers must pass, no matter how highly qualified method of this treatment may induce a they may show themselves to be in others. serious, either and definite by direct rapid improvement Teachers should be , instructed to pay special of the or indirectly by general action remedy attention to delicate children with a view to imimprovement in the whole organism. Also, in, proving their development and correcting abnormal those early forms in which mental phenotendencies. In Sweden, he says, such pupils have in the form of exaltation mena predominate three lessons weekly after school hours under an a minor or of of slight depression,. degree expert teacher, and in London the authorities are of or dementia serious signs bodily symptoms experimenting with such a scheme. Another great in the mental an improvement absent, being desideratum is the provision of playing grounds, while in those patientsoccur, symptoms may in in size and where children numbers, adequate with few bodily symptoms but definite signs- of can indulge in healthful play within a couple of minutes’ walk from their homes. Necessarily this dementia, treatment with " 914 " seems to check the would require a very large number of small play- progress of the disease. Out of the 830 cases author marked and permanent grounds in any large town, but the expense would collected by the be well repaid in the well-being of the community. improvement was noted in 1’08 per cent., slight Much has been done in this direction in England, improvement in 25’18 per cent., cases which derived but unfortunately much more remains to do. In no benefit were 69’39 per cent., while the number of those whose condition seemed to become worse a well-planned and harmonious scheme off physical was 4’46 per cent. Dr. Massarotti thinks that 1’08 training the military part should be but the cent. of arrest of the disease should encourage per continuation and the crown of the previous us to persist in this method of treatment, nor civil training, and all teachers shouild work should we be deterred by the 4’46 per cent. of those together to one end, the production of a nation who became worse, as this might have occurred in of athletes, by which is meant, not a nation are
THE
"
"
of record-breakers, but a nation whose members have well-developed healthy bodies capable of the best and highest achievements for their own and their country’s good. This was once the Greek,ideal and should be ours. But unless the teachers 1 Australian Military Forces. Physical Training. Report by Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel C. Bjelke-Petersen, Director of Physical Training. Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne; Australia Commonwealth Offices, 72, Victoria-street, London, S.W.
The fact that 25’18 per cent. derived benefit should not be lost sight of, even though it only served to render the life of thepatients more tolerable. When, however, the bodily symptoms are severe this treatment should not be used, since besides running the risk of the case becoming worse, at most only the permanence of the status quo ante is obtained. The treatment should be reserved for incipient cases only. any
some
case.
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