Part 2 — INDEX.
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Page. Accidents, Percentage of, Preventable, 30-32 Prevention of, 85-87 Advice of an Ex-smoker, 148 Aids to Morality, Philadelphia Ledger, 58 Alcohol, Treatise by Dr. Felix Oswald on, 87, 88 Alcoholic Habit, 87-92 Alcoholism, Remedy for, 92 Reviewed by Dr. Spitka, 88, 89 Animal and Human Lives Compared, 45 Antipyrine, Female Intoxicant, 91 Paralysis Caused by, 139 Appetite, How to Improve an, 92 Artery, Ruptured, Treatment of a, 96 Asphyxiation, Remedy for, 93 Attorney, the Most Conscientious, 60, 61 Babies, Mortality out of 1,000, 45, 46 Bathing, Dr. Steele's Ideas of, 21, 93-96 Beer-drinking Excessive, 90 Beggar Centenarians, 13 Bethesda Water, Benefits of, 98, 108, 109, 113 Bites of Snakes, Remedy for, 145 Black Tongue, Prescription for, 152 Bleeding, Treatment and Cure for, 96 Blindness, a Simple Remedy for, 159 Increase of, in State of N. Y., 159 Boston Globe Reporter, Experience of a, 6 Brain-Workers, Time to Rest for, 82 Brain Worry, Panacea for, 97 Breakfast, Menu for, 24 Breathing, Healthful Mode of, 97, 98 Breweries, English Purchasers of, 152 Bright's Disease, Remedy for, 98 Brown Sequard's Vital Elixir, 48, 114 Bruises, Specific for, 99 Bunions and Corns, Preventive for, 108 Burns, Remedies for, 99 Butchers' Trade, Effect of, 60 Cancer Not Cured by Surgery, 99 Catholics and Liquor Evil, 37 Cemeteries of London, Pollution of the, 33, 34 Chevreul, M., Health at 100 Years, 68 Chewing-gum, Injurious Effect of, 99, 100
Chills and Fever, W. S. Green on, 130-133 Cholera, Remedies for, 100 Church and Society Duties, 37 Cigar Dissipation, 15 Cigarette-smoking, Insanity Results from, 150 Cleanliness, Hints on, 100, 101 of Teeth, Tongue, and Throat, 20 Clothing, Importunities about, 111-113 Hygienic Advance in, 49 Cold and Tired Feet, How to Prevent, 101 Colds, Cure for, 101-103 Commandments, the Ten Health, 28 Constipation, Remedies for, 19, 20, 103 Consumption, Causes and Palliatives, 47 Dr. Chapin's Treatise on, 103 Treatment of, 103-108 Consumptives' Pride Unhealthful, 19 Convulsions (Fits), Treatment of, 108 Corns and Bunions, Preventive and Cure of, 108 Cough Remedy, 102 Whooping, Cure for, 158 Crematories Will Stop Contagion, 33-35 Crime, Prevention of, Dr. Crosby, 58-60 Croup, Instantaneous Relief of, 109 Dartmouth College, No Student Smoker at, 152 Deafness, Prevention and Cure of, 113, 114 Death, How Produced, 44, 45 no Physiological Reason for, 76-78 Death-rate, of Poor and Rich, 49, 50 of Principal Cities, 49 Deity, Belief in, a Necessity, 54, 55 Del Monte Hotel, Model for Cleanliness, 41 Diabetes, Treatment and Remedies for, 109 Digestion, Time Required for, 122 Dinner Menu, 25, 26 Diphtheria, Dr. Deriker's Prescription, 111 Dr. Roulin's ", 111 Dr. Scott's ", 110 Notes on, and Treatment of, 109-111 Diseases and Their Remedies, 79-160 Individual Experience with, 14, 29 Disparity between Actions and Teachings, 79 Dissipators Long-lived, Why?, 12 Dives and Variety Theaters, Grand Jury's Report, 35 Doctors and Dentists a Necessity, 6, 7 Drinks for the Voice, 124 Dropsy, Treatment for, 113 Dyspepsia, Treatment and Remedy for, 113 Ears, Care of the, 113 Eat, How You Should, 22, 27
Eat, What You Should, 22 " " " " Not, 22 Editor's Opinion of Evil, 36 Eggs, How Best to Preserve, 123 Electric Light, Incandescent, Best, 40 Elixir, Brown Sequard's, 48, 114 Employment Necessary for Health, 30 Epidemics, History of, 114-116 Erysipelas, Facts Regarding, 116 Esculapius, 6, 70 Evil, Editor's Opinions of, 36 Ministers' ", 36 Exercise, Ben Hogan's Opinion of, 116, 117 Ex-smoker's Advice, 148 Eye-glasses, When to Use, 118 Eye, Surgical Operation on the, 47 Eyes, Care of the, 117-119 Faith in the Source of Goodness, 9 Feet, Cold and Tired, How Remedied, 101 Fever, Yellow, Treatment of, 157, 158 Filtered Water a Necessity, 21, 35 Filters Indispensable, 35 Fire Losses in U. S., How to Avoid, 30 Fits (Convulsions), Treatment of, 108 Food, Carbonates of, 23 for Each Meal, 24-28 Most Wholesome, 119-123 Nitrates of, 23 Phosphates of, 23 Sinew Producing, 23 Temperature Most Healthful for, 12 Foreign Substances, Removal of, 139 Forgotten Lore Remembered, 41-43 Fountains, Public, a Necessity for, 35 Freckles, How to Remove, 123 Friends or Quakers, Average Life of, 11 Garbage Creates Contagion, 32 Gargle for Throat Troubles, 123 General Government, Duties of the, 37 Germ Theory, Discovery of the, 81 God, Clearer Perception of, 9 Who and What Is, 54, 55 Gossip, by Dr. J. G. Holland, 61 Remedy for, 61, 62 Grand Jury's Report, of S. F., Cal, 35, 36 Hair, Treatment to Preserve the, 123 Hall's Journal of Health on Food, 119 Hammond, Dr., Death Not Imperative, 76-78 Happiness, 51-65 Formula for, 55
Happiness, Not Found in Ignorance, 53 Headache, Causes and Remedies for, 124 Health, 5-50 Beverages, 124 Chief Desideratum, 5-50 Commandments, Ten, 28 Contagious as Disease, 10 Happiness and Longevity, 5-78 How to Keep in, 10, 14-18 Laughter a Promoter of, 46 Maxims, 41-43 Officers' Attention, 32, 33 Requirements of, 41-43 Healthful Houses, by Dr. Cushing, 40 Hemorrhoids, Remedy for, 135 Hermit Centenarians, 13 Hernia or Rupture, Cure for, 125 Hiccough, Remedies for, 125, 159 High License, Liquor Remedy, 36 Hotel Del Monte, Model for Cleanliness, 41 House Decorations, Sanitary News, 40 Sanitary, Model for, 38-41 Human and Animal Lives Compared, 45 Life Prolonged, Professor Hammond, 73 Hydrophobia, Drs. Mott and Baldwin on, 126 Remedies for, 125, 126, 160 Hygiene, Systematic, Dr. J. H. Brown, 70-72 Hygienic Clothing, 49 Ignorance Is Not Happiness, 53, 54 Incandescent Light the Best, 40 Individual Duties, 30 Influenza (La Grippe), Remedy for, 126 Insanity and the Cigarette, Bulletin, 150 Insomnia, Relief for, 126 Insurance, Persons Not Eligible, 31 Intemperance, Cures for, 92, 160 Deaths Caused by, 90 Intemperate Men, Age of, 13 Invalids Should Not Eat, What?, 27 Irrigation and Malaria, by W. S. Green, 130-133 Kidney Surgical Operation, Successful, 47 La Grippe (Influenza), Remedy for, 126 Pasteur's Cure for, 150 Prevention of, 160 Lane, Prof. L. C., on Quackery, 6 Laughter, a Health Promoter, 46 Lawyer, the Most Conscientious, 60, 61 Lawyer's Profession, Influence Exerted by, 60 Lepers of Hawaii, Number of, 127 Pork Eaters Are, 27
Leprosy, Statistics Regarding, 126-128 Life Being Prolonged, Reason for, 9 Life-table of 1,000 Souls, 45, 46 Vitiated by Anxiety for, 84 Light, Electric, Incandescent, Best, 40 Liquor Remedy, High License, 36 Liquors Consumed in U. S., Value of, 88 Lockjaw, Successful Treatment of, 129 London Cemeteries, Condition of, 33-35 Longevity, 66-78 by Dr. Maurice, 73-76 Curiosities of, Dr. Oswald, 69, 73 Possible Without Virtues, 9, 12 Statistics Regarding, 66 Longman's Magazine on Vegetable Diet, 121 Love, Those Deserving, 53 Luncheon, Menu, 25, 26 Macdonald, Geo., Neighbor of, 52 Mackay, Chas., on Love's Subjects, 53 Malaria and Irrigation, by W. S. Green, 130-133 Chills and Fever, Cures for, 133 New Theory by W. S. Green on, 130-133 Maladies and Ills Cured, 79-160 Man, Oldest, 69 Marriage, Facts Regarding, 62, 129, 130 Physical Degeneration, M. Huth on, 130 Married Life, Is It a Failure?, 62, 63 Maxims for Health, 41-43 Measles Contrasted with Small-pox, 115 Meats, How Best Prepared, 25 Kind and Quality of, 25 Men, Oldest, 69 Microbes and Bacilli in Water, 21 Milk, Purity, How Ascertained, 122 Minister, Teacher, and Physician, 7 Minister's Opinion of Evil, 36 Misconceivements, 43, 44 Miser Centenarians, 13 Mistakes of Life, 53 Morality, Aids to, 58 Municipalities, Duties of, 32 Naphtha, a Female Intoxicant, 91, 92 Nelly Bly's Experience with Doctors, 6 Nervousness and Worry, 134 Nicotine in Tobacco, Deadly Poison, 148, 149 Nose-bleed, Remedy for, 96 Obesity and Thinness, Treatment for, 134 Oldest Man Living in U. S. in 1890, 66 Patti's Formula for Health, 16 Physician, Minister, and Teacher, 7
Piles, Remedy for, 135 Poem, "Deserving Love," by Chas. Mackay, 53 Heart's Test, by Ella W. Wilcox, 51 Milton's "Adam to Angel", 3 "The Two Workers", 56 "Where Do You Live?" by Josephine Pollard, 56-58 Poisons and Antidotes, 135-139 Mineral, 136-139 Taken with Impunity, 13 Vegetable, 135 Politeness, Health Interfering, 18 Pork, Disease Producing, 26 Unfit for Food, 26 Practical Knowledge, Health Begetting, 14 Prevention of Accidents, 85-87 Prohibitionist's Reason for Longevity, 11 Public Fountains a Necessity, 35 Urinals " ", 37 Quaker's Life Prolonged, Why? 11 or Friends, Average Life of, 11 Quinsy, etc., Prescription for, 152 Regularity, First Consideration Is, 8 Religionist's Reason for Long Life, 11 Religious Perceptions, 55 Remedies for Alcoholism, 92 Diseases, 79-160 Supplemental List, 159, 160 Rest, One Day in Seven Necessary, 38 Rheumatism, Prevention and Cure of, 139, 140 Rupture or Hernia, Cure for, 125 Sanitation and Sanity, 80 Sanitary House Building, 38-41 Scientific Education, Practical Knowledge, 14 Scientist's Reasons for Longevity, 11 Sea-bathing, Effects of, 95 Seasickness, How to Prevent, 140 Selfishness Excusable in Tax-payer, 31, 32 Sleep, Hours Required, 20, 140-142 Position of Body During, 141 Small-pox and Vaccination, 142 Contrasted with Measles, 115 Smoking, Evil Effects of, 148-152 Pasteur's Substitute, Camphor, 150 Snake-bites, Remedy for, 145 Social Evil, Grand Jury's Report of, 36, 37 Society and Church Duties, 37 Sound Health, Secret of, 83 Spectacles, When to Use, 118 Stimulants, Most Healthful, 24 Strychnine Taken with Impunity, 13
Substances, Foreign, Removal of, 139 Sulsonal, a New Opiate, 48 Sunday, or One Day, for Rest, 38 Superstitions of the World, 143-145 Supplemental List of Remedies, 159, 160 Tanks for Water, Death-traps, 32 Tape-worms, Cure for, 146 Tax-payer, Selfishness Excusable in the, 31, 32 Teacher, Minister, and Physician, 7 Teeth, Painless Extraction of, 160 Treatment of the, 17, 20 Ten Health Commandments, 28 Temperament, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 51, 52 Temperance Not Necessary to Longevity, 12 Temperature for Food and Drinks, 12 Thinness and Obesity, Treatment for, 134 Tobacco Habit, Dr. Dudley on, 146 Experiments Regarding, 150 Authorities on, 146-152 Tonsillitis, etc., Prescription for, 152 Toothache, Remedy for, 146 Typhoid Fever, Substances Affected by, 47 Ulcerated Sore Throat, Remedy for, 152 Under-garments, Important Function of, 111-113 Urinals, Public, a Necessity, 37 Vaccination and Small-pox, 142 Vegetable Diet, Why Preferred, 121, 122 Vegetarian Restaurants in London, 122 Virtues, Rank of the, 8 Vital Statistics, 10, 152, 153 Principal Cities, 49 Voice, Drinks for the, 124 Essential Elements in the, 154 Treatment of the, 153, 154 Warts, Remedies for, 154 Water, Detection of Impurities in, 154-156 Filtration of, 154-156 Pollution Remedy, 156 When to Drink, 155 Water-tanks, Uncleanly, 32 Weariness, Different Phases of, 44 Treatment for, 44 What We Inherit, 63-65 "Where Do You Live?" by Josephine Pollard, 56 Whooping-cough, Positive Cure for, 156,157 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, on Temperament, 51, 52 Wisdom, Prerequisites for, 54 "Workers, the Two", 56 Worry and Nervousness, 134 Yellow Fever, Statistics and Treatment of, 157, 158


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