HEALTH AND DISEASE.
251-254. State some of the benefits of health. Contrast it with sickness. How were diseases formerly supposed to be caused? What remedies were used? What does modern science teach us to be the nature of disease? Give some illustrations showing how diseases may be prevented. Is it probable that the body was intended to give out in any one of its organs? What is the first step to be taken in the cure of a disease? What should be the object of medicine? What is now the chief dependence of the best physicians? What do you think concerning the common use of patent nostrums? Ought we not to use the greatest care in the selection of our physician?
GLOSSARY.
Ab do' men (abdo, I conceal). The largest cavity in the body, in which are hidden the intestines, stomach, etc.
Ab sorb' ent (ab, from sorbeo, I suck up).
Ac' e tab' u lum (acetum, vinegar). The socket for holding the head of the thigh bone, shaped like an ancient vinegar vessel.
A ce' tic (acetum, vinegar).
Ad' i pose. Fatty.
Al bu' men (albus, white). A substance resembling the white of egg.
Al bu' mi nous substances contain much albumen.