Alcohol, effect of, on body, 67-70; on brain work, 70; on consumptives, 69; on descendants, 69; on liver, 68; on morals, 69; on nervous system, 69; on powers of resistance, 68; on stomach, 67; false ideas about effects of, 67; what business men think of, 70 Alimentary canal, 169, 170 Amoebic dysentery, how prevented, 122; how spread, 122; where prevalent, 122 Animals free from typhoid fever, 113 Antitoxin, how it acts, 108-110; how discovered, 109; sometimes considered a poison, 111; prevents diphtheria, 110; saves lives, 110 Aqueous humor, 177 Arterial blood, 172 Arteries, 171 Articles used by the sick, dangers from, 75; how to treat, 76 Bathing, importance of, 60; frequency of, 60 Baths, hot, 61; cold, 61 Bedtime for children, 51 Blood, arterial, 172; how changed in the body, 174; venous, 171, 172 Boils, how caused, 95, 99 Bones, 163 Bronchi, 175 Building foods, 14, 15 Candy, when harmful, 54; when not harmful, 54 Canned meats, why poisonous, 32 Capillaries, 172 Cells, are alive, 6; body made of, 6; body needs new, 14; how killed, 7; must not be killed, 6; size of a, 5; what they are like, 5 Circulation of the blood, 171-174 Clothing, effect of damp, 11; promotes health, 9; proper weight of, 10 Common drinking cup, 153 Consumption. _See Tuberculosis_ Cooking, effects of improper, 34, 35; fatty foods, 34; meats, 35; starchy foods, 34 Cornea, 177 Coughing, dangers from, 147, 150-153; how to prevent dangers from, 152, 153 Cuspidors, in public buildings, 152; pocket, 152; street, 152 Dairy, sickness about a, 26, 103, 115 Decomposed foods dangerous, 30, 32 Decomposition, cause of, 30; effect of cold on, 31; of foods, 30-32 Desserts, when harmful, 40; when not harmful, 40 Dining table, effect of dirty, 37; cheerfulness at, 37 Diphtheria, cure of, 108-111; germs present after recovery, 101, 102; germs present when throat is not sore, 104; how to confine germs, 100; how poison is fought, 108-110; mild cases, how detected, 104; nature of the poison, 108; prevalence of, 100; where germs come from, 100; why some cases are not quarantined, 102-104 Dirt, a cause of sickness, 77, 78; getting into milk from cows, 23, 117; from cow barns, 23-25; from milk cans and bottles, 26, 27; from milkmen, 25; from flies, 28, 80, 81 Diseased animals, effect on meats, 19-21; effect on milk, 28; tuberculosis from, 28, 155 Drafts, evil effects of, 10; how to prevent harm from, 10 Ear, care of, 58; drum, 179; inner ear, 181; middle ear, 179; outer ear, 179 Esophagus, 170 Excreta from sick, how dispose of, 76, 118 Exercise, necessity of, 51, 161