Why does keeping the body warm help the circulation of the blood?—"Because the blood moves faster when it is warmest; cold chills the blood, and makes it move slowly."
What harm do alcoholic liquors do to the heart?—"They make it tired, and sometimes wear it out."
In what way do they make it tired?—"They make it beat too fast."
Why does it beat too fast?—"Because it is hurrying to drive the alcohol out of the body."
In what other way do alcoholic liquors hurt the heart?—"They produce disease in it."
Tell one way by which the heart becomes diseased through
alcoholic liquors?—"Alcohol softens the fibres of the muscles of the heart, and fills them with fat."
What harm does this do to the heart?—"It makes it too weak to do its work, which is to pump the blood through the body."
What sometimes happens when the heart is thus weakened?—"It stops beating, which causes sudden death."
What harm does alcohol do to the blood?—"It uses up the water of the blood; it destroys the goodness of the red part; it makes the blood thin, impure, and unfit to do its work." [See Appendices] on Alcohol and Tobacco.