VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



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RESPIRATION: Why we Breathe The Lungs The Voice The 

 Pleura The Act of Breathing Change of Elements in the 

 Lungs Effects of Impure Air Ventilation How Heat is 

 kept up Need of Clothing Effects of Alcohol on Respir- 

 ation Cigarette Smoking 91 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE NERVOUS SYSTEM : The Brain Gray and White Matter Cere- 

 brum Cerebellum Medulla Oblongata The Spinal Cord 

 Nerves Sympathetic System Growth and Development of 

 Brain Rest and Sleep Abuse of Narcotics Effects of Alco- 

 hol on the Brain On the Nervous System Tobacco . . 107 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE SPECIAL SENSES : Taste Smell Sight Hearing Touch Rela- 

 tion of Special Senses Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco on the 

 Special Senses 126 



CHAPTER X. 



FIRST AIDS TO THE SICK AND INJURED: Bandages Splints Poul- 

 tices Haemorrhage Cuts Bites of Animals Burns and Scalds 

 Frost-bite Broken Bones Dislocations Sprains Insensi- 

 ble Conditions Intoxication Drowning Suffocation by Gas 

 Foreign Bodies in the Eye, Ear, etc. Poisons . . . 146 



CHAPTER XI. 



How TO PREVENT DISEASE: Preventable Diseases Infectious and 

 Contagious Diseases Means of Invading the Human System 

 Antiseptics and Disinfectants The Sick Room Stimulants in 

 the Sick Room 164 



CHAPTER XII. 



PHYSICAL EXERCISE: The Benefits of Exercise Kind of Exercise 

 Regulation of Exercise Time for Exercise Necessity for Ex- 

 ercise Gymnastic Training Free Gymnastics .... 174 



APPENDIX I. Regulations of the Education Department respecting 



the Study of Physiology and Temperance ..... 194 



APPENDIX II. Quotations from the License Act with respect to Minors 195 

 APPENDIX III. An Act respecting the Use of Tobacco by Minors . 196 



