A Handbook of Health

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