INTEMPERANCE AND POISONS 43 



SUMMARY 



1. The taste and the appetite are two sure signs of when 



and how much food to eat. 



2. Man spoils these signs by eating sweet and spicy foods 



at all hours for the sake of the pleasure of eating, 

 and by eating too fast. 



3. Eating for the pleasure of eating when the body does 



not need food is as real intemperance as taking 

 strong drink. 



4. Sickness is due to the imperfect or stopped action of 



some of the cells of the body. Drugs are then given 

 to cause the cells to act rightly again. 



5. Too much of any drug hinders the action of the cells, 



and so is a poison. 



6. When a person is poisoned, cause him to vomit by put- 



ting the finger down the throat, or by giving him 

 large drinks of water, or by giving him mustard and 

 water. 



7. Also give a poisoned person strong coffee. 



