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Other books on food are Fight for Food, by Leon A. Congdon; Side-Step- 

 ping III Health, Edwin F. Bowers; Starving America, by Alfred W. McCann; 

 Source, Chemistry and Use of Food Products, by E. H. S. Bailey; Pure Foods, 

 John C. Olsen; Practical Physiological Chemistry, Philip B. Hawk; Food 

 Analysis, H. Leffman and W. Beam, and Agricultural Bulletins, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



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Health. Good food, plenty of pure air and an abundance of 

 exercise produce healthy people. The kind of food we eat and the 



FIG. 150. How many medicines have as much alcohol as beer? Claret? Cham- 

 pagne? Whiskey? What medicine is free from alcohol? Examine the 

 bottles you have at home and determine from the label the amount of 

 alcohol used. 



way we eat it govern our health to a large extent. Too many people 

 are trying to doctor themselves with " patent medicines " which are 

 not only useless but positively harmful. If one is suffering from 

 any ailment, he should go to a reliable physician. He will be able to 

 diagnose the case better than any " Patent Medicine" man who 

 may or may not have had any medical practice. 



