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narcotic ; effects of small and large quantities of alcohol ; 

 Professor Hodge's experiment on dogs, as to the effects 

 of moderate amount of alcohol in relation to, (a) activity, 

 (6) skill and endurance, (c) nervousness, (d) offspring of the 

 dogs, (e) resistance to disease ; effect of alcohol on human 

 beings in relation to, (a) mental activity, (6) muscular 

 activity, (c) manual dexterity, (d) resistance to disease; 

 alcohol and life insurance; business arguments for total 

 abstinence; cost of intemperance. 



5. Tobacco: effects, (a) on growth, (6) on mental development; 



tobacco and athletics. 



6. Drugs and patent medicines: opium (morphine, laudanum, 



paregoric) ; acetanilid ; dangers in the use of patent medi- 

 cines ; pure food and drug law. 

 E. DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION. 



1. General survey of the digestive system : necessity for digestion ; 



parts of the alimentary canal ; digestive glands. 



2. Mouth cavity: walls of the mouth cavity; structure and 



functions of the tongue. 



3. Teeth : arrangement, kinds, number of each kind, functions ; 



milk teeth ; structure and care of teeth. 



4. Saliva and its functions : experimental proof of the digestion 



of starch by saliva ; position and action of salivary glands ; 

 uses of saliva. 



5. (Optional.) Throat cavity and gullet : structure; functions. 



6. Stomach: position, size, shape; lining of stomach and gastric 



glands ; muscles of stomach ; digestion in the stomach. 



7. Small intestine : position, form, size ; (optional) peritoneum ; 



digestion in the small intestine. 



8. (Optional.) Large intestine: position, form, size; vermi- 



form appendix. 



9. Absorption from the alimentary canal: necessity for absorp- 



tion ; absorption in mouth, throat, gullet, and stomach ; 

 absorption in the small and large intestine. 

 10. (Optional.) Liver: position, form, size; functions of the 

 liver ; functions of the bile. 



