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Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics — John Shaqi

Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and NarcoticsSteele, Joel Dorman

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Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics

Name: Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
Author: Steele, Joel Dorman

Steele, Joel Dorman

Alcohol -- Physiological effect; Hygiene; Physiology

A protection from the outer world, it is our only means of communicating
with it. Insensible itself, it is the organ of touch. It feels the
pressure of a hair, yet bears the weight of the body. It yields to every
motion of that which it wraps and holds in place. It hides from view the
delicate organs within, yet the faintest tint of a thought shines through,
while the soul paints upon it, as on a canvas, the richest and rarest of
colors.

ANALYSIS OF THE SKIN.

_
_                  | 1. The Cutis; its Composition and Character.
| 1. THE STRUCTURE  | 2. The Cuticle; its Composition and Character.
|     OF THE SKIN.  | 3. The Value of the Cuticle.
|                   |_4. The Complexion.
|                                      _
|                                     | a. _Description._
|                    _                | b. _Method of Growth._
|                   | 1. The Hair.....| c. _As an Instrument of
|                   |                 |        Feeling._
| 2. THE HAIR AND   |                 | d. _Indestructibility of
|     THE NAILS.    |                 |_       the Hair._
|                   |                  _
|                   |_2. The Nails....| a. _Uses._
|                                     |_b. _Method of Growth._
|                    _
| 3. THE MUCOUS     | 1. The Structure.
|     MEMBRANE      | 2. Connective Tissue.
|                   |_3. Fat.
|                    _
|                   | 1. Number and Kinds of Teeth.
|                   |                  _
|                   | 1. The Two Sets.| 1. _The Milk Teeth._
|                   |                 |_2. _The Permanent Teeth._
|                   |
| 4. THE TEETH.     | 2. Structure of the Teeth.
|                   | 3. The Setting of the Tooth in the Jaw.
|                   | 4. The Decay of the Teeth.
|                   |_5. The Preservation of the Teeth.
|                    _                  _
|                   | 1. The Two Kinds.| 1. _Oil Glands._
|                   |                  |_2. _Perpiratory Glands._
|                   |
| 5. THE GLANDS     | 2. The Perspiration.
|                   | 3. The Absorbing Power of the Skin. (See
|                   |_       Lymphatics.)
|                    _
|                   | 1. About Washing and Bathing.
|                   | 2. The Reaction.
|                   | 3. Sea Bathing.    _
| 6. HYGIENE        |                   | a. _General Principles._
|                   |                   | b. _Linen._
|                   |                   | c. _Cotton._
|                   |_4. Clothing.......| d. _Woolen._
|                                       | e. _Flannel._
|                                       | f. _Color of Clothing._
|                                       | g. _Structure of
|                                       |      Clothing._
|                                       | h. _Insufficient
|                    _                  |_     Clothing._
|                   | 1. Erysipelas.

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