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6. What are some of the symptoms of constipation ? How can they 

 be overcome ? What is the advantage of hiding symptoms ? 



7. What are some of the effects of constipation ? 



8. What is the difference between curing constipation and curing the 

 symptoms ? Which is preferable ? W^hy ? 



9. What is the difference between curing constipation and preventing 

 it ? Which is preferable ? W^hy ? How would you do it ? 



10. In what different ways are the teeth related to health ? 



11. How can diseased teeth cause trouble in other parts of the body? 



12. What is the best way to keep the teeth whole and sound ? 



REFERENCE READINGS 



Hough and Sedgwick. The Human Mechanism, chap, xix, The Hygiene 



of Feeding; pp. 398-402, 404-405. 

 WiNCHELL, Florence E. Food Facts for Every Day, chaps, vii and 



viii. 

 Fanners' Bulletin 1374, Care of Food in the Home. 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Bulletin 637, Method of 



Calculating Balanced Rations. 

 United States Bureau of Education. Bulletin 37 (1921), Malnutrition 



and School Feeding. 

 Public Health Reprint 895, A Study of the Treatment and Prevention 



of'Pellagra. 

 Public Health Reprint 707, Importance of Good Teeth and Prevention 



of Decay. 

 Public Health Reprint 622, Children's Teeth, a Community Responsi- 

 bility. 

 American Medical Association. Nostrums and Quackery, ''Food 



Tonics," p. 468; ''Headache Cures," p. 494. 



