A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems

Name: A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems
Author: Hunter, George W. (George William)

Hunter, George W. (George William)

Biology; Sanitation

Absorption, definition, 270;
    of digested foods, 308, 309.
  Accommodation of eye, 361.
  Acetanilid, 295.
  Action of the heart, 319.
  Adaptations, 24;
    in bee, 36;
    in birds, |189|;
    in fish, 232;
    in frog, 241;
    in mammalia, 192.
  Adenoids, 340, 395.
  Adulteration in foods, 288.
  Air, and bacteria, 145;
    composition of, |20|;
    fresh, 337;
    needed in germination, |66|;
    necessary in starch making, 91;
    passages in lungs, 330;
    use to plants and animals, 21.
  Albumin, 62.
  Alcohol, a food, 289;
    a poison, 291.
    and ability to resist disease, 363;
    and ability to work, 368;
    and body heat, 345;
    and crime, 371, |372|;
    and digestion, 311;
    and duration of life, 370;
    and efficiency, 369;
    and heredity, 372;
    and intellectual ability, 364;
    and kidneys, 346;
    and living matter, 291;
    and memory, |365|;
    and mental ability, |366|;
    and nervous system, 362;
    and organs of special sense, 362;
    and pauperism, 371;
    and resistance, 327;
    and respiration, 346;
    and the blood, 327;
    and treatment of disease, 364;
    effect on circulation, 327;
    effect on eye, 361;
    effect on liver, 312;
    produces poisons, 347.
  Algae, 176.
  Alfalfa plant, |151|.
  Alimentary canal, 297.
  Alkali, 306.
  Alkalinity, 298.
  Alligator, |230|.
  Ambergris, 205.
  Ammonium hydrate, 61.
  Amoeba, |170|, 182, 332.
  Amphibia, 186, 187;
    as food, 202.
  Anal fin of fish, 233.
  Angiosperms, 176.
  Animals, as disease carriers, 227;
    breeding of, 259;
    domesticated, 260;
    functions of, 48, 180;
    need plants, 34;
    oils of, 205;
    parasitic, 227;
    series, 182;
    that prey upon man, 230;
    use to man, 17;
    use to plants, 34.
  Annual rings, 98.
  Anopheles, 217, |218|.
  Anosia plexippus, 32.
  Anther, 36.
  Antibodies, uses of, 316.
  Antiseptics, 157.
  Antitoxin, 157, |391|.
  Anura, 188.
  Anvil, 359.
  Aorta, 320.
  Apoplexy, 328.
  Appendages of the fish, 233.
  Appendicular skeleton, 268.
  Appendix, 309.
  Apples, 56, |124|.
  Aqueous humor, 361.
  Arachnida, 185.
  Arteries, 318;
    structure of, 323.
  Arthropods, 185.
  Artificial, cross-pollination, 46;
    propagation of fishes, 240;
    respiration, 340;
    selection, 253.
  Asexual reproduction, 174.
  Assimilation in plants, 103.
  Attention, effect of alcohol, 364.
  Audubon, 211.
  Auricle of human heart, 319;
    of fish heart, 236.
  Automatic activity, 348, 354.
  Axial skeleton, 268.

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A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems

Hunter, George W. (George William)

Biology; Sanitation

Absorption, definition, 270;
    of digested foods, 308, 309.
  Accommodation of eye, 361.
  Acetanilid, 295.
  Action of the heart, 319.
  Adaptations, 24;
    in bee, 36;
    in birds, |189|;
    in fish, 232;
    in frog, 241;
    in mammalia, 192.
  Adenoids, 340, 395.
  Adulteration in foods, 288.
  Air, and bacteria, 145;
    composition of, |20|;
    fresh, 337;
    needed in germination, |66|;
    necessary in starch making, 91;
    passages in lungs, 330;
    use to plants and animals, 21.
  Albumin, 62.
  Alcohol, a food, 289;
    a poison, 291.
    and ability to resist disease, 363;
    and ability to work, 368;
    and body heat, 345;
    and crime, 371, |372|;
    and digestion, 311;
    and duration of life, 370;
    and efficiency, 369;
    and heredity, 372;
    and intellectual ability, 364;
    and kidneys, 346;
    and living matter, 291;
    and memory, |365|;
    and mental ability, |366|;
    and nervous system, 362;
    and organs of special sense, 362;
    and pauperism, 371;
    and resistance, 327;
    and respiration, 346;
    and the blood, 327;
    and treatment of disease, 364;
    effect on circulation, 327;
    effect on eye, 361;
    effect on liver, 312;
    produces poisons, 347.
  Algae, 176.
  Alfalfa plant, |151|.
  Alimentary canal, 297.
  Alkali, 306.
  Alkalinity, 298.
  Alligator, |230|.
  Ambergris, 205.
  Ammonium hydrate, 61.
  Amoeba, |170|, 182, 332.
  Amphibia, 186, 187;
    as food, 202.
  Anal fin of fish, 233.
  Angiosperms, 176.
  Animals, as disease carriers, 227;
    breeding of, 259;
    domesticated, 260;
    functions of, 48, 180;
    need plants, 34;
    oils of, 205;
    parasitic, 227;
    series, 182;
    that prey upon man, 230;
    use to man, 17;
    use to plants, 34.
  Annual rings, 98.
  Anopheles, 217, |218|.
  Anosia plexippus, 32.
  Anther, 36.
  Antibodies, uses of, 316.
  Antiseptics, 157.
  Antitoxin, 157, |391|.
  Anura, 188.
  Anvil, 359.
  Aorta, 320.
  Apoplexy, 328.
  Appendages of the fish, 233.
  Appendicular skeleton, 268.
  Appendix, 309.
  Apples, 56, |124|.
  Aqueous humor, 361.
  Arachnida, 185.
  Arteries, 318;
    structure of, 323.
  Arthropods, 185.
  Artificial, cross-pollination, 46;
    propagation of fishes, 240;
    respiration, 340;
    selection, 253.
  Asexual reproduction, 174.
  Assimilation in plants, 103.
  Attention, effect of alcohol, 364.
  Audubon, 211.
  Auricle of human heart, 319;
    of fish heart, 236.
  Automatic activity, 348, 354.
  Axial skeleton, 268.

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