36 LABORATORY LESSONS IN GENERAL SCIENCE 



is a common constituent of them? What harmful effects 

 may follow their use with infants ? 



12. What alone constitutes a cure for any ailment? 

 Wherein lies the efficacy in general of the "cures" for head- 

 ache? What is the objection to an indiscriminate use of 

 headache powders? 



13. Preliminary to all medical treatment worthy of the 

 name, and indispensable before administering any remedies, 

 is an understanding of the cause of the ailment a correct 

 diagnosis of the case. Without such knowledge what ex- 

 pectation can there be that the cause of the sickness will 

 be removed and health restored? In the use of "patent 

 medicines," what recognition is there of any need to deter- 

 mine the cause of the ailment ? How much consideration 

 is given to the manner of life of the patient? 



14. What is true of the competency of most people, 

 young or old, to diagnose ailments and prescribe treatments 

 for themselves ? To what extent ordinarily is there any pro- 

 tection to purchasers in having the names of the ingredients 

 of any patent or proprietary medicine printed on the label ? 

 What is true of the knowledge of persons generally of the 

 effects of these ingredients? What explanation is there 

 for the widespread use of patent medicines ? 



GENERAL SCIENCE, AND RIGHT LIVING 



1. Under all normal conditions of living what is true of 

 the growth of children day by day and year by year in 

 height, weight, and strength? In these respects at about 

 what age does a boy become a man? 



