Antique Illustrated Book Primer of Hygiene Being a Simple Textbook on Personal Health and How to Keep It by John W Ritchie and Joseph S Caldwell
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Antique book "Primer of Hygiene Being a Simple Textbook on Personal Health and How to Keep It" by John W. Ritchie and Joseph S. Caldwell, copyright 1913.
Measures 7.5 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide. 184 pages.
Condition: name written in front blank page, some staining/discoloration, some corner bumping, most pages are nice and clean.
Contents:
the importance of keeping the body in health
the human body and the great laws of health
foods and their uses in the body
buying foods
cooking foods
caring for foods
the digestive organs and their work
keeping the digestive organs in health
the care of the teeth
the air we breathe
the lungs and air passages and their care
adenoids and enlarged tonsils
the blood and the heart
the kidneys
the skin
clothing
the carriage of the body
exercise
the nervous system
the care of the nervous system
the importance of habit
the effects of alcohol on the body
the effects of tobacco on the body
the eyes and their care
accidents
some simple exercise for use in schools
disease germs
typhoid fever
tuberculosis (consumption)
other diseases of the air passages and lungs
malaria, smallpox, and other germ diseases
preventing the spread of disease germs
keeping up the resistance of the body to disease germs
to the teacher
index
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