A Handbook of Health

by Woods Hutchinson

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[2] To Attempt to Run an Automobile without Knowing how would be Regarded as Foolhardy

[6] Where Sun-Power is Made into Food for Us

[8] The Food Route in the Digestive System

[10] The Salivary Glands

[14] A Section of the Lining Surface of the Stomach

[15] A Longitudinal Section of Stomach, or Peptic, Glands

[23] A Cheap Home-Made Ice Box

[30] A Baby-Milk Station

[33] Clean, Dry Sunning Yards at a Model Dairy

[34] Cleanliness before Milking

[35] The Milking Hour at a Model Dairy

[36] Milking by Vacuum Process

[37] Washing the Bottles at a Model Dairy

[38] Bacteria in Clean and in Dirty Milk

[38] Danger from Dipped Milk

[39] Milk Inspection at the Retail Store

[44] A Thorough Baking, and a Valuable Crust

[45] An Ideal Bakery with Light, Air, and Cleanliness

[46] A Basement Bakery—A Menace to the Public Health

[50] Candy, Like Other Foods, Should be Clean

[54] A Small Store, Cleanly and Honest

[61] The Joy of his Own Garden Patch

[63] The Kitchen should be Cared for as One of the Most Important Rooms in the House

[66] A Knowledge of Cooking is a Valuable Part of a Good Education

[67] Boys, as well as Girls, should Know how to Cook

[71] The Chained Cup

[72] The Spouting Fountain

[74] Nature's Filter-Bed

[76] An Example of Good Farm Drainage

[78] The Danger Spot on the Farm

[80] Typhoid Epidemic in the Mohawk-Hudson Valley

[82] Artesian Well Borings

[84] A City Water Supply Brought from the Far Hills

[86] A Reservoir and Costly Dam

[87] Scraping the Sediment from the Bottom of a Reservoir

[88] The Domestic Filter in Use

[92] A Milk Station in a City Park

[95] Proportion of Alcohol in Light Wine, in Beer, in Whiskey

[105] A Board of Health Examination for Working Papers

[106] A Test of Clear Head and Steady Nerves

[109] Blood Corpuscles

[112] Surface Veins and Deep-Lying Arteries of Inner Side of Right Arm and Hand

[114] Diagram of Artery, Capillaries, and Vein

[116] The Exterior of the Heart

[117] Diagram of Valves in the Veins and Heart

[118] The Blood-Route trought the Heart

[121] The School Physician Examining Heart and Lungs

[127] Rowing is a Splendid Exercise for Heart and Lungs

[131] The Great Essential to Life—Air

[134] Diagram of the Air Tubes and Lungs

[137] "Improving their Wind"

[145] The "Dark Room" Danger of the Tenements

[146] Ventilating the Pupils, as well as the Classroom

[147] A Well-Aired Classroom

[148] A Healthful Arrangement of Windows and Shades

[151] A Healthful Bedroom

[152] Disease Germs

[153] A Vacuum Cleaner

[155] Exercise in the Cold is a Good Preventive of Colds

[156] A Year of Consumption on Manhattan Island

[157] Consumption in Chicago

[159] A Report-Form from a Health Department Laboratory

[160] A Sign that Ought not to be Necessary

[161] A Comparative Death-Rate from Contagious Diseases

[163] A Tuberculosis Tent Colony in Winter

[165] An Outdoor Classroom for Tuberculous Children

[169] The Layers of the Skin

[171] The Glands in the Skin

[181] Results of Tight Clothing

[183] A Comfortable Dress for Outdoor Study in Cold Weather

[185] As a Tonic, Swimming is the Best Form of Bathing

[200] The Urinary System

[205] The Muscle-Sheet

[206] Use of Muscles in Bowling

[207] Use of Muscles in Football

[207] Patella and Muscle

[211] The Human Skeleton

[212] The Spinal Column

[213] A Ball-and-Socket Joint

[213] A Hinge Joint

[214] Lengthwise Section of Bone

[214] Cross Section of Bone

[218] The Nervous System

[229] The Position of the Body is an Index to its Health

[230] Imprint of (1) Arched Foot and (2) Flat Foot

[231] The Result of Wearing a Fashionable Shoe

[234] Callus Formed around a Fracture

[242] A Trained Body

[245] Tug of War

[246] The Giant Stride

[248] School Gardening

[249] A Wasted Chance for Public Health

[250] An Obstacle Race

[251] The High Jump

[256] Adenoids

[257] Mouth-Breathers

[260] The Apparatus of Vision

[263] A School Eye-Test

[265] Disinfecting a Baby's Eyes at Birth

[267] The Apparatus of Hearing

[272] The Vocal Cords

[278] Teeth—A Question of Care

[279] A Tooth

[282] The Replacing of the Milk Teeth

[284] A Tooth-Brush Drill

[290] The Winning Fight

[291] Death-Rate from Measles

[294] Death-Rate from Diphtheria and Croup

[298] Bill of Health

[301] Germs of Malaria

[302] Culex

[302] Anopheles

[304] Oiling a Breeding Ground of Mosquitoes

[310] An Educational Fly Poster

[311] A Breeding Place of Flies and Filth

[321] A Tourniquet

[325] Poison Ivy

[328] The New Method of Artificial Breathing