INDEX. 



ABDOMEN, 6 



Absorbents, or lympathic vessels, 

 119 



Absorption, 99; by the lympha- 

 tics, 119; from the intestine, 

 118; from the stomach, 120 



Air, how changed by breathing, 

 163; how purified, 166; results 

 of breathing foul, 178 



Air-cells, 171 



Air-passages, 168 



Albumen, 84 



Alcohol, as food, 95, 241; as 

 medicine, 97; as narcotic, 213, 

 216; as stimulant, 94; cause of 

 insanity, 214; of premature old 

 age, 244; of various nervous 

 diseases, 214; effects of, on 

 arteries, 161; on the blood, 161; 

 on character, 245 ; on connective 

 tissue, 14, 132, 189; on diges- 

 tive organs, 130; on the heart, 

 162; on the joints, 49; on the 

 kidneys, 189; on the mind, 213; 

 on the muscles, 58; on the 

 nervous system, 212; on re- 

 spiratory organs, 184; on the 

 senses, 213, 244; on the skin, 

 76; on the temperature of the 

 body, 96; on the will, 245; 

 hereditary diseases due to, 214; 

 summary concerning the action 

 of alcohol on mind and body, 

 240 



Alcoholic stimulants, 94 



Alimentary canal, 99 



Anatomy, 2, 10 



Aneurism, 162 



Animal matter, 10; of bone, 27; 



starch, 132 

 Animal heat, 76, 82; influence 



of alcohol on, 96 

 Anvil-bone, 234 

 Aorta, 141 

 Apoplexy, 205 

 Aqueous humor, 228 

 Arch of the instep, 29 

 Arm, bones of, 20; muscles of, 



40 

 Artery, 134; action of alcohol on, 



161; pulmonary, 141; wounds 



of, 159 



Arterial blood, 134 

 Articulations, 35 

 Atlas vertebra, 38 

 Attention, 212 

 Auditory organ (ear), 232; nerves, 



233 



Auricles, 140 

 Axis vertebra, 38 



BACK-BONE, 5, 16 



Bad ventilation. 181 



Ball-and-socket joints, 37 



Bathing, 72 



Beans, 87 



Beat of heart, 141 



Beef, 84 



Biceps-muscle of arm, 41 



Bicuspid tooth, 102; valve, 142 



Bile, 116 



Bladder, 185 



Blister, 60 



Blood, 134, 147; action of alcohol 

 on, 161 ; changed by breathing, 

 147, 163; corpuscles of, 135 



