CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. LIVING BODIES AND CELLS 9 



II. ELEMENTS OF THE BODY 22: 



III. OXIDATION 33. 



IV. FERMENTATION AND ALCOHOL 41 



V. DIGESTION OF FOOD IN THE MOUTH . . . -51 



VI. STOMACH DIGESTION 66- 



VII. ABNORMAL ACTION OF THE STOMACH ... 74 



VIII. INTESTINAL DIGESTION . . . . . -79 



IX. ABSORPTION AND ASSIMILATION 89 



X. ALCOHOL AND DIGESTION 98 



XL DIGESTION IN LOWER ANIMALS 104 



XII. ANIMAL FOOD 107 



XIII. VEGETABLE FOOD 120 



XIV. QUANTITY OF FOOD REQUIRED 131 



XV. DRINKING WATER 135 



XVI. NARCOTICS 140 



XVII. DRUGS AND POISONS I4& 



XVIII. THE BLOOD 156 



XIX. THE HEART 162 



XX. THE FLOW OF BLOOD IN THE BODY . . . .172 



XXL REGULATION OF THE FLOW OF BLOOD . . .185 



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