A Handbook of Health #397728

PREFACE CHAPTER I: RUNNING THE HUMAN AUTOMOBILE CHAPTER II: WHY WE HAVE A STOMACH - WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE - THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - THE JOURNEY DOWN THE FOOD TUBE CHAPTER III: THE FOOD-FUEL OF THE BODY-ENGINE - WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD WE EAT? - THE THREE GREAT CLASSES OF FOOD-FUEL CHAPTER IV: THE COAL FOODS - PROTEINS, OR “MEATS” CHAPTER V: THE COAL FOODS (Continued) – STARCHES - SUGARS CHAPTER VI: THE COAL FOODS (Continued) -ANIMAL FATS - NUTS CHAPTER VII: KINDLING AND PAPER FOODS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES CHAPTER VIII: COOKING CHAPTER IX: OUR DRINK - FILLING THE BOILER OF THE BODY-ENGINE - WHERE OUR DRINKING WATER COMES FROM - CAUSES AND DANGERS OF POLLUTED WATER - METHODS OF OBTAINING PURE WATER - HOME METHODS OF PURIFYING WATER CHAPTER X: BEVERAGES, ALCOHOL, AND TOBACCO CHAPTER XI: THE HEART-PUMP AND ITS PIPE-LINE SYSTEM - THE BLOOD VESSELS CHAPTER XII: THE CARE OF THE HEART-PUMP AND ITS PIPE-LINES CHAPTER XIII: HOW AND WHY WE BREATHE CHAPTER XIV: HOW TO KEEP THE LUNG-BELLOWS IN GOOD CONDITION - THE NEED OF PURE AIR - COLDS, CONSUMPTION, AND PNEUMONIA - HOW TO CONQUER CONSUMPTION - PNEUMONIA CHAPTER XV: THE SKIN - OUR WONDERFUL COAT - THE GLANDS IN THE SKIN - THE NAILS - THE BLOOD-MESH OF THE SKIN - THE NERVES IN THE SKIN CHAPTER XVI: HOW TO KEEP THE SKIN HEALTHY – CLOTHING - BATHS AND BATHING - CARE OF THE NAILS - DISEASES AND DISTURBANCES OF THE SKIN CHAPTER XVII: THE PLUMBING AND SEWERING OF THE BODY CHAPTER XVIII: THE MUSCLES CHAPTER XIX: THE STIFFENING RODS OF THE BODY-MACHINE CHAPTER XX: OUR TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AND ITS CABLES CHAPTER XXI: THE HYGIENE OF BONES, NERVES, AND MUSCLES - HOW TO GET AND KEEP A GOOD FIGURE - OUR FEET - SLEEP AND REST - DISORDERS OF MUSCLES AND BONES - TROUBLES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM CHAPTER XXII: EXERCISE AND GROWTH CHAPTER XXIII: THE LOOKOUT DEPARTMENT - THE NOSE - THE TONGUE - THE EYE - THE EAR - OUR SPIRIT-LEVELS CHAPTER XXIV: THE SPEECH ORGANS CHAPTER XXV: THE TEETH, THE IVORY KEEPERS OF THE GATE CHAPTER XXVI: INFECTIONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM CHAPTER XXVII: ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES