GOOD HEALTH AND HOW WE WON IT [Illustration: Fig. A. Fig. B. “THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD” Micro-photograph of leucocytes (white and grayish bodies) in conflict with Germs (black dots and bodies). In Fig. A the germ is that of influenza, in Fig. B that of plague.] GOOD HEALTH AND HOW WE WON IT _WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW HYGIENE_ BY UPTON SINCLAIR AND MICHAEL WILLIAMS _WITH SIXTEEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_ NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 I. THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD 21 II. HOW TO EAT: THE GOSPEL OF DIETETICS ACCORDING TO HORACE FLETCHER 41 III. THE YALE EXPERIMENTS 69 IV. HOW DIGESTION IS ACCOMPLISHED 95 V. HOW FOODS POISON THE BODY 113 VI. SOME IMPORTANT FOOD FACTS 127 VII. HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE EAT 145 VIII. HEALTH AND THE MIND 159 IX. THE CASE AS TO MEAT 173 X. THE CASE AGAINST STIMULANTS 193 XI. DIET REFORM IN THE FAMILY 203 XII. BREATHING AND EXERCISE 219 XIII. BATHING AND CLEANLINESS 239 XIV. A UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH 258 XV. HEALTH REFORM AND THE COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED 274 APPENDIX 287 ILLUSTRATIONS “THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD” FRONTISPIECE FACING PAGE MR. UPTON SINCLAIR AND MR. MICHAEL WILLIAMS 16 MR. HORACE FLETCHER 42 MR. HORACE FLETCHER MAKING A WORLD’S RECORD 52 PROFESSOR RUSSELL H. CHITTENDEN, PH. D., LL.D., SC. D. 70 PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER, PH. D. 82