New Profession for Women.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1032, 11 December 1891, Page 5

New Profession for Women.

Dr Sliofield, in the Girls’ Own Paper, calls attention to the new field for educated women that has been opened out by the National Health Society. To Mr Acland, M.D., of the County Council of Devonshire, the honour is due of inaugurating the new departure. He has determined that the Devonians shall have healthy bodies, and by his wish the National Health Society have already sent a large staff to lecture' all over Devon. The laws that have been inculcated throughout the County have been summarised in a decalogue by the Womans’ Herald : 1. You shall love, honour, and cherish the body, and keep it healthy, clean and comfortable. 2. You shall not live a willing victim to preventible diseases. 3. You shall not endure or spread infectious diseases. 4. You shall neither eat nor drink that which is unwholesome for the body. 5. Remember that foul air poisons the blood, causes headache, and other maladies, and bad water breeds disease. 6. You slialt fight a good fight against dirt, disease, and bad smells. 7. The body and everything belonging to it that needs daily washing, shall be thoroughly cleansed at least once a day with water, and when desirable, with good soap too. 8. You shall wear clean, suitable clothing, and never allow it to grow ragged or untidy for want of a stitch in time. 9. You shall make the best of yourself, of your neighbours, and of every gift of Nature around you. 10. You shall earnestly covet, and diligently labour to promote personal and national health. These laws teach us at anyrate, a large part of our duty towards ourselves, our neighbours, and the world we live in. The lectures are termed ‘ Homely Talks ’ —a title that disarms criticism, and encourages young beginners in the art of public speaking.