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XII. —STATE BO ABB OF HEALTH —continued. Page. 
Sewerage and Drainage. By Solon Marks, M. D- 278-290 
How sewer pipes should he laid. 278, 279 
Disconnection, ventilation, etc. 281,282 
Importance of guarding every avenue by which disease 
may enter our homesteads. 283 
Disposition of sew-erage. 284,285 
Drainage of building sites. 286,287 
Milk of cows poisoned by drinking bad water. 288 
Lessons of the London pump. 288,289 
Highwayman watching for our lives. 290 
Ventilation of Public Buildings and Dwelling 
Houses. By Gen. James Bintlipf. 290-302 
Mean duration of life is steadily increasing. 290 
Average duration of sickness per annum lor each per¬ 
son in this country and Europe. 291 
Better hygienic conditions required. 291, 292 
The hope of society rests on the growth of personal en¬ 
lightenment . 292 
Ignorance of the necessity for fresh air. 292,293 
Millions of lives sacrificed for want of fresh air... 294, 295 
Defects of public buildings. 296,297 
The Ruttan system of ventilation. 299, 300 
Floor and air space required for each pupil in our 
schools. 300,301 
Importance of the problem... 301,302 
Mental Hygiene. By John Fayill, M. D. 302-312 
Bodies underfed and minds starved. 302 
Woe to those who give unw^holsome food to the mind.. 303 
Faults in our schools in giving mental strength. 304,305 
Kind of work to make useful men and women. 305 
, Severe physical and mental labor go not liarmonimously 
together. System of self-crimination in schools. 306,307 
Conscious mind, man’s great inheritance. 307, 308 
Civilization puts its vices within easy reach of the uned¬ 
ucated.'. 308 
The great question of the age is. How shall we be made 
wise ?. 309 
Cause of insanity. 310,311 
Our brains should be our base of supplies. 311 
Highest practical development the chief corner stone.. 312 
Foods and Domestic Beverages. By O. G. Selden, 
M. D. 312-328 
Many evil results follow fast eating. 312,313 
Pernicious practice of eating between regular meals... 313,314 
Man, omniverous, not a vegetarian. 314,315 
A varied diet conduces to health. 316,317 
A healthy appetite the best guide of quantity of food re¬ 
quired. Beef, the most nutritious meat. 318,319 
Value of mutton, pork, wild animals, birds, poultry, etc. 319,320 
Preparation of food. 320,321 
Cereals — the kind of food prepared from them. 322-324 
Staft’ of life — wheat bread, vegetables, fruit, etc. 323-325 
Domestic beverages and their preparation. 326-328 
XIIL —ADDRESSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 
Centennial Address — What the age owes to Amer¬ 
ica. By Hou. Wm. M. Evarts.'.. 329-355 
The Declaration of American Independence a capital 
transaction in human aflairs. 329 
Famous among men are the founders of states. 330 
Grandeur of the work of 1876. 331 
