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July 9. Medical Inspection in Schools.

Dr. M. R. Walker, president of the Board
of Education in the Reno Schools, addressed
the teachers of the Summer School on med-
ical inspection. The address contained
many helpful suggestions for the teach-
ers, and was followed by them with
much interest.

Dr. Walker maintained that peda-
gogy and medical science must correl-
ate if the maximum of efficiency in
the school system is to be attained.
As the child's mental development de-
pends upon his physical condition,
the teacher's work in the schoolroom
must be supplemented by the skilled
physician's aid in determining the
causes of retarded development.

For the elucidation of the teachers
the doctor enumerated the objects of
medical inspection. Among the most
important set forth are: (1) the detec-
tion and correction of physical defects,
such as: eye strain, adenoids enlarged
tonsils, deafness, discharging of ear,
deformaties, stoop shoulders, flat chest, spi-
nal curvature, decayed teeth, poor nu-
trition, nervous disorders, mental defects.
(2) The detection and exclusion of parasitic
cases and contagious diseases.
(3) The maintenance of good hygienic con-