This textbook can be used by primary-grade pupils in common schools. This work has been written as a series of questions and answers. Review questions are frequently given, with additional inquiries, in order that the truth may be more forcibly impressed upon the mind. This book covers basic anatomy; hygiene and healthful habits; alcohol, narcotic…

Most of the States and Territories now by law require that Physiology and Hygiene be taught in the Public Schools, with special reference to the effects of Alcoholic Drinks and other Narcotics on the human system. Many existing books, prepared to meet the demands of the first enactments on this subject, do not fulfill the requirements of more…

Most of the States and Territories now by law require that Physiology and Hygiene be taught in the Public Schools, with special reference to the effects of Alcoholic Drinks and other Narcotics on the human system. Many existing books, prepared to meet the demands of the first enactments on this subject, do not fulfill the requirements of more…

This "Voices of Pioneers" section of the journal highlights the work of Jane Addams, who founded the settlement house movement in America with the establishment of Hull House in Chicago in 1899. Presents excerpts from Addams' book "The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets (1909)" to illustrate her views on guns, stealing,…

In the nineteenth century people consumed opium in the form of laudanum to relieve their anxieties. Today drug abuse has become a problem of epic proportions. For a segment of our society, chemicals represent relief from physical and mental pain. (CS)

Describes early twentieth-century responses to the drug problem in the United States. Discusses pressure from the media and reformers to control the availability of drugs such as opium and cocaine that were widely available in over-the-counter medications. Focuses on New York State, which took the lead in enacting drug control legislation. (DK)

Discusses the wave of cocaine abuse that followed the drug's recommendation by the late nineteenth-century medical community as a cure all. Details drug addiction among ethnic and social groups at the turn of the century. Warns that drug epidemics have important social and legal consequences. Suggests legal pressure may alter the form of drug…

Traces federal and missionary efforts to suppress peyote religion and Pueblo religious practices, 1888-1937. Describes Gertrude Bonnin's personal campaign against peyote and efforts by Smithsonian ethnologist James Mooney and Indian Affairs Commissioner James Collier to preserve Indian religious freedom. Lists state and federal laws against…