BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



Obey the 

 Calls of 

 Nature. 



A Mixed Diet. 



Water Supply. 



Put the 

 Pitcher in the. 

 Refrigerator. 



leads to habitual constipation, cystitis and other 

 evils allied to these. Write this truth in cap- 

 itals upon your memories. It will save you 

 lots of trouble. 



Food and Water Supply. — In order to 

 keep healthy, food should not only be taken at 

 regular intervals and in proper quantities, but 

 'it should also be of the most nutritious, easily 

 digested and assimilated character. Pastry 

 and sweets should be partaken of very moder- 

 ately, if at all. The heaviest meal of the day 

 should not come in the evening when the diges- 

 tive system is tired from the exertions of the 

 day and needs rest. A mixed diet, consisting 

 of meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, eggs and milk, 

 will be found more valuable, when planning for 

 a healthful diet, than the cranky idea of living 

 entirely upon vegetables or going to the other 

 extreme and cutting them out of the food list 

 entirely. 



Do not drink cold water, particularly ice- 

 cold water, with your meals. It chills the 

 stomach and retards digestion. The human 

 structure requires plenty of water to keep the 

 wheels of its complex machinery in good run- 

 ning order, but this water supply should be 

 taken in between meals and should be as pure 

 as filtering and boiling will make it. Put the 

 pitcher containing the water on the ice instead 

 of putting ice into the pitcher. Few germs, if 

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