Il6 HUMAN BIOLOGY 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS. Cooking. Meat. 1. In making soup, why 

 should the meat be put in while the water is cold? 2. In roasting 

 meat, why should the oven be hot at first, and more moderate after- 

 ward? How should you regulate the temperature in boiling or stewing 

 meat? 3. What happens to salt or anything salty on a cloudy, damp 



day? This is because the salt attracts . This shows that meat 



should not be salted until after it has been cooked, because if salted be- 

 fore . 4. Very tough meat should be b ed or st ed. 5. Meat 



may be prevented from becoming grease-soaked when frying by having 

 the grease very , use very , simply greasing the . 



6. Bread. Bread crust causes the to be used more and cleans 



them. It will not together in the stomach like the crumb. It 



increases the quantity of the , and is more digestible than the 



crumb, since the has been changed by slow heat to (p. 



112). Therefore loaves or biscuit should be (large or small ?) and they 

 should (touch or be separated?) in a pan. 7. How can you tell 

 whether the oven has been too hot while the bread was baking? 8. 

 Why can you tell best about the digestibility of bread when you are 

 slicing it? 9. Regulating the heat is the greatest art of the cook. 

 How may the temperature of the oven be lowered by means of the 

 damper? The draft? The fuel? 



EXERCISES IN WRITING. Story of a Savage who went to dwell in 

 a City (his trouble with artificial ways). Is it easier to learn Physi- 

 ology or to practice it? How to make Bread. Describe People seen 

 in an Audience (tell what their appearance suggests). A Scene at a 

 Dinner Table. Thoughts of a Physician on his Round of Visits. 

 A Good Cook. A Bad Cook. Is Cooking a Greater Accomplishment 

 than Piano Playing? Common Causes of Illness. The Influence of 

 Imperfect Digestion upon the Other Organs. Effect of Lack of 

 Muscular Activity. The Way of the Transgressor is Hard. What 

 Fools we Mortals be! Health Fads. Temperance in all Things. 

 The Right Way the Easiest. Looking Back. Looking Forward. 

 Hygiene of the Schoolroom. Patent Medicines. Microbes. Mind 

 Cure. Nervous Women. Dissipated Men. How a Friend of mine 

 lost his Health. Why a Friend of mine is Sound and Strong. Tobacco. 

 It never pays to neglect the Health. Which does more Harm, an Ig- 

 norant Cook or an Ignorant Janitor? A Visit to a Sick Room. Alco- 

 hol and Crime. Natural Instincts and Appetites; how preserved, 

 how lost. A Lesson about Alcohol based upon the Morning News. 

 ' Effects of Alcohol upon the Greatness of our Country (workmen, voters, 

 soldiers, children). Adam's Apothecary Shop. ' Adam's Ale (water). 



