INDEX 



The meaning of each technical word is fully explained in the text when the word is first used. 

 This explanation can be found by using the first reference given. The numbers below 

 refer to pages. 



Absorption, 207. 



by stomach, 213, 221. 

 Acid, 54. 



Air, composition of, 159. 

 Albino, 2. 

 Albumen, 28, 53. 

 Albumin, 28, 52, 192. 

 Alcohol, 255, 257, 14. 

 and gout, 43. 

 effect on 



energy of body, 323, 324. 



heart, 113. 



liver, 230. 



lungs, 169, 170. 



nerves, 292. 



nervous system, 314, 315, 316. 



nutrition, 42. 



protoplasm, 42. 



red corpuscles, 113. 



skin, 14. 



stomach, 204, 279. 



temperature, 258. 



voice, 353. 



white corpuscles, 113. 

 Is it a food ? 204, 256, 257. 

 Alimentary canal, 205. 

 Alkali, 54. 

 Alkaloids, 188. 

 Ameba, 30, 281. 



taking food, 31. 

 Anatomy, 25. 

 Antidotes, 358. 

 Antiseptics, 187. 

 Antitoxin, 183. 

 Appetite, 237, 262, 332. 

 Aseptic, 187. 

 Asphyxia, 357. 

 Astigmatism, 342. 

 Atlas, 62. 

 Auricle, 87. 



Automatic action, 303. 



Axis, 62. 



Axis cylinder, or axon, 285. 



Bacillus, 178. 

 Bacteria, 178. 



destroyed in body, 182. 

 out of body, 186. 



effects of, 181. 



place in nature, 177, 179. 



their work in the body, 179. 

 Balancing organ, 348. 

 Bandage, 355. 

 Baseball, 141. 

 Baths, ii. 



kinds of, 22. 



rules for, 23. 

 Biceps, 125, 128. 

 Bicuspid valve, 90. 

 Bicycling, 141. 

 Bile, 217. 

 Biology, 25. 

 Bleeding, 114, 355. 

 Blind spot of eye, 342. 

 Blister, u. 

 Blood, circulation of, 86. 



control of flow, 97, 98. 



function and composition, 82. 



plasma, 83, 86. 



rate of flow, 96. 



red corpuscles, 58, 83, 84. 



white corpuscles, 84, 182. 

 Blood vessels and heart, 88. 



nervous control, 97. 



structure of, 92. 

 Bone, alcohol and, 79. 



cells, 40. 



composition of, 71. 



deformities of, 75, 76. 



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