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OUR BODIES AND HOW WE LIVE 



Antidotes for poisons . .300-303 Blood I 33~ I 38 



Antitoxin treatment of disease 312 Corpuscles of . . .133,134 



Aorta and its branches . . . 145 Uses of 133 



Apparatus, Question of 327,328 Properties of 133 



Appendicitis 121 Clotting of 136 



Areolar tissue 12 Importance of, clotting . 138 



Arteries ......... 145 Blood vessels, connected with 



Asphyxia 295 heart 144-146 



Atmosphere, how made impure 174 Effect of alcohol on . . 156 



Auditory nerve 255 Injuries to 290 



Bone, how made up .... 16 



Backbone 26 Microscopic structure of . 20 



Bacteria, Importance of, in Bones, General structure of . 18 



nature 81 Shape of 19 



as causes of disease . . 82 how joined 34 



as active agents in fer- how fastened 36 



mentation 83 Uses of 37 



Work done by .... 305 broken, Repair of ... 38 



Nature of 305 Health of 39 



Importance of .... 306 Growth of, how modified 39, 40 



Disease-producing . . . 307 Effect of alcohol on . . 40 



in food 307 Effect of tobacco on . 41 



Access of, to body . . . 308 Table of 42 



Behavior of, in body . . 310 Broken 293 



Warfare between, and Bowels, proper care of . . . 126 



cells 312 Brain 215 



Bathing, Hints on .... 199 Weight of 215 



Baths, and bathing .... 199 Parts of 216 



Cold 199 Membranes of . . . . 218 



Beer 88 Reflex action and . . 222, 225 



Food value of .... 89 Effects of alcohol on . . 232 



Drinking, in place of ar- Bread, Different kinds of . . 74 



dent spirits .... 90 Breathing 161-183 



Bicycle, Use of 58 Object of 161 



Bile 114 Movements of .... 167 



as a help in digestion . . 114 See also under Respira- 



Bleeding, from nose .... 287 tion 



How to stop .... 291-293 Bronchial tubes 163 



Blind spot 264 Burns or scalds 283 



