HEALTH PRIMERS. 



EDITED BY 



J. LANGT50N DOWN, M. D., F. R. C. P. 

 HENRY POWER, M. B., F. R. C. S. 

 J. MORTIMER-GRANVILLE, M. D. 

 JOHN TWEEDY, F. R. C. S. 



THOUGH it is of the greatest importance that books upon health 

 should be in the highest degree trustworthy, it is notorious that most 

 of the cheap and popular kind are mere crude compilations of incom- 

 petent persons, and are often misleading and injurious. Impressed by 

 these considerations, several eminent medical aud scientific men of Lon- 

 don have combined to prepare a series of Health Pkimees of a character 

 that shall be entitled to the fullest confidence. They are to be brief, 

 simple, and elementary in statement, filled with substantial and useful 

 information suitable for the guidance of grown-up people. Each primer 

 will be written by a gentleman specially competent to treat his subject, 

 while the critical supervision of the books is in the hands of a committee 

 who will act as editors. 



As these little books are produced by English authors, they are 

 naturally based very much upon English experience, but it matters little 

 whence illustrations upon such subjects are drawn, because the essential 

 conditions of avoiding disease and preserving health are to a great degree 

 everywhere the same. 



VOLUMES OF THE SERIES. 



Exercise and Trainingr. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



Alcohol: Its tTse and Abuse. 



The House and its Surround- 

 ings. 



Premature Death: Its Promo- 

 tion or Prevention. 



Personal Appearances in 

 Health and Disease. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



Baths and Bathing:. 



The Heart and its Functions. 

 The Head. 

 Clothing' and Dress. 

 Water. 



The Skin and its Troubles. 

 Fatigue and Fain. 

 The Ear and Hearing. 

 The Eye and Vision. 

 Temperature in Health and 

 Disease. 



In square 16mo volumes, cloth, price, 40 cents each. 



For sale by all booJcsellers. Any volume mailed, postpaid, to any ad- 

 dress in tlie United States, on receipt of price. 



D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 



549 & SSI Broadway, New Youk. 



