BLEEDING, WOUNDS, AND DISEASE GERMS 79 



and makes it tender and more likely to take cold. Thus 

 the voice of the drinker is often so hoarse that he is unable 

 to sing or talk. Far from protecting against disease or 

 taking cold, alcohol causes a person to be more liable to 

 sickness. 



SUMMARY 



1. You can stop any bleeding by grasping the part and 



making firm pressure. 



2. When a part of the body is injured, it soon repairs 



itself. 



3. Disease germs, called bacteria, can grow in the body. 



A pin prick may carry thousands of them inside the 

 body. 



4. Bacteria grow in the lymph, and produce such diseases 



as erysipelas and typhoid fever. 



5. When a part of the body is hurt, the white blood cells 



rush to the spot and grow in place of the dead cells, 

 and so heal the wound. 



6. When . germs of disease grow in the body, the white 



blood cells attack them. Matter which runs from a 

 wound is made up of the cells which the disease 

 germs have killed. 



7. Taking cold means that bacteria are growing in some 



part of the body. 



8. Cleanliness, to keep out bacteria, is the main thing in 



treating a cut. 



9. Cleanliness, fresh air, and sunshine are the main things 

 4 in caring for a sick room. 



