CONTENTS.

	CHAPTER	PAGE

	To the Teacher	[iii]
I.	The House we Live in	[1]
II.	A General View of the Body	[5]
III.	The Inside of the Body	[7]
IV.	Our Foods	[11]
V.	Unhealthful Foods	[14]
VI.	Our Drinks	[19]
VII.	How we Digest	[27]
VIII.	Digestion of a Mouthful of Bread	[35]
IX.	Bad Habits in Eating	[39]
X.	A Drop of Blood	[46]
XI.	Why the Heart Beats	[48]
XII.	How to Keep the Heart and the Blood Healthy	[56]
XIII.	Why and How we Breathe	[63]
XIV.	How to Keep the Lungs Healthy	[75]
XV.	The Skin and What it Does	[81]
XVI.	How to Take Care of the Skin	[88]
XVII.	The Kidneys and their Work	[91]
XVIII.	Our Bones and their Uses	[93]
XIX.	How to Keep the Bones Healthy	[100]
XX.	The Muscles, and How we Use Them	[105]
XXI.	How to Keep the Muscles Healthy	[109]
XXII.	How we Feel and Think	[115]
XXIII.	How to Keep the Brain and Nerves Healthy	[126]
XXIV.	Bad Effects of Alcohol upon the Brain and Nerves	[130]
XXV.	How we Hear, See, Smell, Taste; and Feel	[138]
XXVI.	Alcohol	[154]
	Questions for Review	[170]