Includes a report of a discussion on the instruction of schoolteachers in physiology and hygiene, chaired by Sherrington, at a meeting of the British Association: ‘Professor Sherrington, who opened the discussion, contended that during the last generation there had been a greater advance in physiology and hygiene than in any other department of knowledge. At a time like the present, when socialistic ideas were coming to the front, the care of the children was passing more and more out of the hands of the parents into those of the school teachers. The tendency was one which he did not regret, for the teachers were alive to their responsibilities and were most enthusiastic in attaining knowledge to enable them to do the best for the health of their children. The human body might belooked upon as a complex machine, and those who were in charge of machines were generally expected to have some idea how they worked. Many aspects of fatigue manifested themselves in the schoolroom, and the teacher should be capable of recognizing fatigue.’ (838-839) - supported by Thompson, Gotch and others (839).