CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. Concluded. 



PA SB 



Action. Winking. Coughing. Sneezing. Sensory Fibers. 

 Motor Fibers. Section III. Seat of the Higher Faculties. 

 Section IV. Nervousness. Habit. Exercise for the Brain. 

 Section V. Effects of Alcohol on the Brain and Nervous 

 System. 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE SKIN. THE EAR. THE EYE 156 



Section I. Structure of the Skin. Epidermis. Derma. Pa- 

 pillse. Sweat-Glands. Perspiration. The Hair. Sebaceous 

 Glands. The Nails. Uses of the Skin. Bodily Heat. How 

 Heat is equalized in the Body. Clothing. How the Body is 

 cooled. Section 11. Care of the Skin. Colds. Rubbing the 

 Skin. Bathing. Cautions in Bathing. Section III. The Ear. 

 Description of its Parts. How we hear. Ear-ache. Sec- 

 tion IV. The Eye. Description of Parts. How we see. 

 Causes of Trouble in the Eye. Too Long Sight. Too Short 

 Sight. Causes of too Short Sight. Care of the Eyes. Color- 

 Blindness. Section V. Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics. 



APPENDIX. 



WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF ACCIDENT . 181 



Fainting. Fits. Sunstroke. Shock. Fractures and Disloca- 

 tions. Bleeding. Poisoning. Drowning. 



GLOSSARY 189 



INDEX 197 



