BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL M.D. A.M. Blaisdell's Revised Series of Physiologies NET MAILING PRICE PHYSIOLOGY FOR LITTLE FOLKS A REVISED EDITION OF THE CHILD'S BOOK OF HEALTH In Easy Lessons for Schools Illustrated A REVISED EDITION OF HOW TO KEEP WELL A Text-Book of Health for use in the lower grade of Schools with especial reference to the effects of Alcoholic Drinks Tobacco and other Narcotics on the bodily life. Illustrated YOUNG FOLKS' PHYSIOLOGY A REVISED EDITION OF OUR BODIES AND HOW WE LIVE An elementary Text-Book of Physiology and 35c. 47c. 67c. The above excellent text books are indorsed by Mrs. MARY H. HUNT, National and International Superintendent of the Scientific Department of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and by the Advisory Board. STUDY OF THE ENGLISH CLASSICS. A Practical Hand-Book for Teachers being a Guide to English Literature $1.15 FIRST STEPS WITH AMERICAN AND READINGS FROM THE WAVERLEY NOV- 85c. 85c. 35c. Boards LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS BOSTON 10 Milk Street next Old South Meeting-House A REVISED EDITION OF OUR BODIES AND HOW WE LIVE AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE IN SCHOOLS BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL M.D. AUTHOR OF "PHYSIOLOGY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS" "PHYSIOLOGY FOR We learn to live by living to learn. BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS IO MILK STREET 1893 PREFACE REVISED EDITION IT has been the aim of the author in making this text-book, for the use of common schools, to present clearly and tersely the most important and interesting facts concerning our bodily life. To keep any machine in good running-order, we must know something of the structure and use of its various parts. So when we come to the study of this wonderful and complex machine, the human body, we must master such facts of its anatomy and physiology as are essential to a proper understanding of the simple laws of health. The real object of studying physiology in schools is to teach young folks how to keep well and strong, and to avoid evil habits that destroy character as well as health. Hence, special emphasis has been laid upon such points as have a bearing upon our personal health. It is now generally admitted that actual observation and actual experiment are as necessary in the study of elementary physiology as in any other branch of science. We must handle the skeleton itself if we wish |