8 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 



FOOD AND DRINK 



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Necessity for Food Waste and Repair Hunger and Thirst 

 Amount of Food Renovation of the Body Mixed Diet Milk 



Eggs Meat Cooking Vegetable Food Bread The 

 Potato Fruits Purity of Water Action of Water upon Lead 



Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate Effects of Alcohol 89 



CHAPTER VI 



DIGESTION 



The Principal Processes of Nutrition The General Plan of Di- 

 gestionMastication The Teeth Preservation of the Teeth 



Insalivation The Stomach and the Gastric Juice The Move- 

 ments of the Stomach Gastric Digestion The Intestines The 

 Bile and Pancreatic Juice Intestinal Digestion Absorption by 

 Means of Blood-vessels and Lacteals The Lymphatic or Absorb- 

 ent System The Lymph Conditions which affect Digestion 

 The Quality, Quantity, and Temperature of the Food The Influ- 

 ence of Exercise and Sleep The Kidneys The Spleen Effect 



of Alcohol upon Digestion, the Liver, and Kidneys 115 



CHAPTER VII 



THE CIRCULATION 



The Blood Its Plasma and Corpuscles Coagulation of the Blood 



The Uses of the Blood Transfusion Change of Color 

 The Organs of the Circulation The Heart, Arteries, and Veins 



The Cavities and Valves of the Heart Its Vital Energy 



Passage of the Blood through the Heart The Frequency and 

 Activity of its Movements The Pulse The Sphygmograph 

 The Capillary Blood-vessels The Rate of the Circulation As- 

 similation Injuries to the Blood-vessels Effects of Alcohol 

 upon the Heart As a Fat-Producer 146 



CHAPTER VIII 



RESPIRATION 



The Objects of Respiration The Lungs The Air Passages 

 The Movements of Respiration Expiration and Inspiration 

 The Frequency of Respiration Capacity of the Lungs The 



