A Handbook of Health | Page 2

the contrary, will interest them
greatly, relieve their minds of many unfounded dreads, and save them
from the commonest and most hurtful mistakes of humanity--those that
are committed through ignorance.
THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS
PAGE
I. RUNNING THE HUMAN AUTOMOBILE 1
II. WHY WE HAVE A STOMACH 4 What Keeps Us Alive 4 The
Digestive System 7 The Journey down the Food Tube 9
III. THE FOOD-FUEL OF THE BODY-ENGINE 21 What Kind of
Food should We Eat? 21 The Three Great Classes of Food-Fuel 25
IV. THE COAL FOODS 27 Proteins, or "Meats" 27
V. THE COAL FOODS (Continued) 40 Starches 40 Sugars 48
VI. THE COAL FOODS (Continued) 51 Animal Fats 51 Nuts 55
VII. KINDLING AND PAPER FOODS--FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES 56
VIII. COOKING 62

IX. OUR DRINK 69 Filling the Boiler of the Body-Engine 69 Where
our Drinking Water Comes from 72 Causes and Dangers of Polluted
Water 75 Methods of Obtaining Pure Water 81 Home Methods of
Purifying Water 87
X. BEVERAGES, ALCOHOL, AND TOBACCO 89 Alcohol 93
Tobacco 103
XI. THE HEART-PUMP AND ITS PIPE-LINE SYSTEM 108 The
Blood Vessels 108 The Heart 115
XII. THE CARE OF THE HEART-PUMP AND ITS PIPE LINES 120
XIII. HOW AND WHY WE BREATHE 130
XIV. HOW TO KEEP THE LUNG-BELLOWS IN GOOD
CONDITION 139 The Need of Pure Air 139 Colds, Consumption, and
Pneumonia 152 How to Conquer Consumption 156 Pneumonia 165
XV. THE SKIN 167 Our Wonderful Coat 167 The Glands in the Skin
170 The Nails 172 The Blood-Mesh of the Skin 174 The Nerves in the
Skin 177
XVI. HOW TO KEEP THE SKIN HEALTHY 179 Clothing 179 Baths
and Bathing 184 Care of the Nails 188 Diseases and Disturbances of
the Skin 189
XVII. THE PLUMBING AND SEWERING OF THE BODY 196
XVIII. THE MUSCLES 202
XIX. THE STIFFENING RODS OF THE BODY-MACHINE 210
XX. OUR TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AND ITS CABLES 216
XXI. THE HYGIENE OF BONES, NERVES, AND MUSCLES 228
How to Get and Keep a Good Figure 228 Our Feet 230 Sleep and Rest
232 Disorders of Muscles and Bones 233 Troubles of the Nervous
System 235

XXII. EXERCISE AND GROWTH 241
XXIII. THE LOOKOUT DEPARTMENT 252 The Nose 253 The
Tongue 257 The Eye 259 The Ear 266 Our Spirit-Levels 269
XXIV. THE SPEECH ORGANS 271
XXV. THE TEETH, THE IVORY KEEPERS OF THE GATE 277
XXVI. INFECTIONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM 286
XXVII. ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES 314
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES 331
GLOSSARY AND INDEX 343

ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE TO ATTEMPT TO RUN AN AUTOMOBILE WITHOUT
KNOWING HOW WOULD BE REGARDED AS FOOLHARDY 2
WHERE SUN-POWER IS MADE INTO FOOD FOR US 6
THE FOOD ROUTE IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 8
THE SALIVARY GLANDS 10
A SECTION OF THE LINING SURFACE OF THE STOMACH 14
A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF STOMACH, OR PEPTIC,
GLANDS 15
A CHEAP HOME-MADE ICE BOX 23
A BABY-MILK STATION 30
CLEAN, DRY SUNNING YARDS AT A MODEL DAIRY 33

CLEANLINESS BEFORE MILKING 34
THE MILKING HOUR AT A MODEL DAIRY 35
MILKING BY VACUUM PROCESS 36
WASHING THE BOTTLES AT A MODEL DAIRY 37
BACTERIA IN CLEAN AND IN DIRTY MILK 38
DANGER FROM DIPPED MILK 38
MILK INSPECTION AT THE RETAIL STORE 39
A THOROUGH BAKING, AND A VALUABLE CRUST 44
AN IDEAL BAKERY WITH LIGHT, AIR, AND CLEANLINESS 45
A BASEMENT BAKERY--A MENACE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
46
CANDY, LIKE OTHER FOODS, SHOULD BE CLEAN 50
A SMALL STORE, CLEANLY AND HONEST 54
THE JOY OF HIS OWN GARDEN PATCH 61
THE KITCHEN SHOULD BE CARED FOR AS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT ROOMS IN THE HOUSE 63
A KNOWLEDGE OF COOKING IS A VALUABLE PART OF A
GOOD EDUCATION 66
BOYS, AS WELL AS GIRLS, SHOULD KNOW HOW TO COOK 67
THE CHAINED CUP 71
THE SPOUTING FOUNTAIN 72

NATURE'S FILTER-BED 74
AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD FARM DRAINAGE 76
THE DANGER SPOT ON THE FARM 78
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC IN THE MOHAWK-HUDSON VALLEY 80
ARTESIAN WELL BORINGS 82
A CITY WATER SUPPLY BROUGHT FROM THE FAR HILLS 84
A RESERVOIR AND COSTLY DAM 86
SCRAPING THE SEDIMENT FROM THE BOTTOM OF A
RESERVOIR 87
THE DOMESTIC FILTER IN USE 88
A MILK STATION IN A CITY PARK 92
PROPORTION OF ALCOHOL IN LIGHT WINE, IN BEER, IN
WHISKEY 95
A BOARD OF HEALTH EXAMINATION FOR WORKING
PAPERS 105
A TEST OF CLEAR HEAD AND STEADY NERVES 106
BLOOD CORPUSCLES 109
SURFACE VEINS AND DEEP-LYING ARTERIES OF INNER SIDE
OF RIGHT ARM AND HAND 112
DIAGRAM OF ARTERY, CAPILLARIES, AND VEIN 114
THE EXTERIOR OF THE HEART 116
DIAGRAM OF VALVES IN THE VEINS AND HEART 117

THE BLOOD-ROUTE TROUGHT THE HEART 118
THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN EXAMINING HEART AND LUNGS
121
ROWING IS A SPLENDID EXERCISE FOR HEART AND LUNGS
127
THE GREAT ESSENTIAL TO LIFE--AIR 131
DIAGRAM OF