All the health habits aid the adventure of growing up.
Any of them may make the difference between being
ready for outdoor adventure and being ill at home. Give
illustrations of this from your own experience.
An annual health examination at the doctor's office
or in school is a good beginning to an adventurous year.
The doctor will look for nests of bacteria *—foci of infec-
tion *—in tonsils and nose. If he finds any foci of infec-
tion, he will tell you how they should be removed. He
will examine your eyes, heart, lungs, teeth, nose, and
throat. He will tell you whether you have any physical
defects that should be corrected. Physical defects inter-
fere with the best-health, possible, for you—the kind of
health that makes mere living an adventure.
In the health-examination room there is usually a
chart with pictures or letters on it. To test vour evesierht