A Handbook of Health

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Author

Hutchinson, Woods, 1862-1930

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Riikka Talonpoika, Pilar Somoza Fernández,

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Hygiene

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20294

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20294

Release Date

January 5, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WOODS HUTCHINSON HEALTH SERIES — A HANDBOOK OF HEALTH
2. 2.WOODS HUTCHINSON, A. M., M. D. — HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — PLATES IN COLOR
6. 6.CHAPTER I — RUNNING THE HUMAN AUTOMOBILE
7. 7.CHAPTER II — WHY WE HAVE A STOMACH — WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE — THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM — THE JOURNEY DOWN THE FOOD TUBE
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE FOOD-FUEL OF THE BODY-ENGINE — WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD WE EAT? — THE THREE GREAT CLASSES OF FOOD-FUEL
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE COAL FOODS — PROTEINS, OR "MEATS"
10. 10.CHAPTER V — THE COAL FOODS ( Continued ) — STARCHES — SUGARS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE COAL FOODS ( Continued ) — ANIMAL FATS — NUTS
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — KINDLING AND PAPER FOODS—FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — COOKING
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — OUR DRINK — FILLING THE BOILER OF THE BODY-ENGINE — CAUSES AND DANGERS OF POLLUTED WATER — METHODS OF OBTAINING PURE WATER — HOME METHODS OF PURIFYING WATER
15. 15.CHAPTER X — BEVERAGES, ALCOHOL, AND TOBACCO — ALCOHOL — TOBACCO
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE HEART-PUMP AND ITS PIPE-LINE SYSTEM — THE BLOOD VESSELS — THE HEART
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — THE CARE OF THE HEART-PUMP AND ITS PIPE-LINES
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — HOW AND WHY WE BREATHE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — HOW TO KEEP THE LUNG-BELLOWS IN GOOD CONDITION — THE NEED OF PURE AIR — COLDS, CONSUMPTION, AND PNEUMONIA — PNEUMONIA
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE SKIN — OUR WONDERFUL COAT — THE BLOOD-MESH OF THE SKIN — THE NERVES IN THE SKIN
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — HOW TO KEEP THE SKIN HEALTHY — CLOTHING — BATHS AND BATHING — CARE OF THE NAILS — DISEASES AND DISTURBANCES OF THE SKIN
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — THE PLUMBING AND SEWERING OF THE BODY
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — THE MUSCLES
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — THE STIFFENING RODS OF THE BODY-MACHINE
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — OUR TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AND ITS CABLES
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — THE HYGIENE OF BONES, NERVES, AND MUSCLES — HOW TO GET AND KEEP A GOOD FIGURE — SLEEP AND REST — DISORDERS OF MUSCLES AND BONES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — EXERCISE AND GROWTH
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — THE LOOKOUT DEPARTMENT — THE NOSE — THE TONGUE — THE EYE — OUR SPIRIT-LEVELS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — THE SPEECH ORGANS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — THE TEETH, THE IVORY KEEPERS OF THE GATE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — INFECTIONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES
33. 33.QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTERS I AND II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTER XIV — CHAPTER XV — CHAPTER XVI — CHAPTER XVII — CHAPTER XVIII — CHAPTER XIX — CHAPTER XX — CHAPTER XXI — CHAPTER XXII — CHAPTER XXIII — CHAPTER XXIV — CHAPTER XXV — CHAPTER XXVI — CHAPTER XXVII
34. 34.GLOSSARY — OF IMPORTANT TERMS USED IN THE BOOK — I. Relating to the Body as a Whole — II. Relating to the Digestive System — III. Relating to Food and Drink — IV. Relating to the Blood and the Circulatory System — V. Relating to the Respiratory System and Organs of Excretion — VI. Relating to the Nervous and Motor Systems
35. 35.INDEX
36. 36.FOOTNOTES

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