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  1. [1]Running the Human Automobile
  2. [4]Why We Have a Stomach
  3. [4]What Keeps Us Alive
  4. [7]The Digestive System
  5. [9]The Journey down the Food Tube
  6. [21]The Food-Fuel of the Body-Engine
  7. [21]What Kind of Food should We Eat?
  8. [25]The Three Great Classes of Food-Fuel
  9. [27]The Coal Foods
  10. [27]Proteins, or "Meats"
  11. [40]The Coal Foods (Continued)
  12. [40]Starches
  13. [48]Sugars
  14. [51]The Coal Foods (Continued)
  15. [51]Animal Fats
  16. [55]Nuts
  17. [56]Kindling and Paper Foods—Fruits and Vegetables
  18. [62]Cooking
  19. [69]Our Drink
  20. [69]Filling the Boiler of the Body-Engine
  21. [72]Where our Drinking Water Comes from
  22. [75]Causes and Dangers of Polluted Water
  23. [81]Methods of Obtaining Pure Water
  24. [87]Home Methods of Purifying Water
  26. [89]Beverages, Alcohol, and Tobacco
  27. [93]Alcohol
  28. [103]Tobacco
  29. [108]The Heart-Pump and its Pipe-Line System
  30. [108]The Blood Vessels
  31. [115]The Heart
  32. [120]The Care of the Heart-Pump and its Pipe Lines
  33. [130]How and why We Breathe
  34. [139]How to Keep the Lung-Bellows in Good Condition
  35. [139]The Need of Pure Air
  36. [152]Colds, Consumption, and Pneumonia
  37. [156]How to Conquer Consumption
  38. [165]Pneumonia
  39. [167]The Skin
  40. [167]Our Wonderful Coat
  41. [170]The Glands in the Skin
  42. [172]The Nails
  43. [174]The Blood-Mesh of the Skin
  44. [177]The Nerves in the Skin
  45. [179]How to Keep the Skin Healthy
  46. [179]Clothing
  47. [184]Baths and Bathing
  48. [188]Care of the Nails
  49. [189]Diseases and Disturbances of the Skin
  50. [196]The Plumbing and Sewering of the Body
  51. [202]The Muscles
  52. [210]The Stiffening Rods of the Body-Machine
  53. [216]Our Telephone Exchange and its Cables
  55. [228]The Hygiene of Bones, Nerves, and Muscles
  56. [228]How to Get and Keep a Good Figure
  57. [230]Our Feet
  58. [232]Sleep and Rest
  59. [233]Disorders of Muscles and Bones
  60. [235]Troubles of the Nervous System
  61. [241]Exercise and Growth
  62. [252]The Lookout Department
  63. [253]The Nose
  64. [257]The Tongue
  65. [259]The Eye
  66. [266]The Ear
  67. [269]Our Spirit-Levels
  68. [271]The Speech Organs
  69. [277]The Teeth, the Ivory Keepers of the Gate
  70. [286]Infections, and how to Avoid Them
  71. [314]Accidents and Emergencies
  72. [331]Questions and Exercises
  73. [343]Glossary and Index

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