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CHAPTER XIV. ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES.
HABITS TO CULTIVATE. BLISTERS. BOILS, STINGS OF INSECTS, AND BURNS. BLEEDING OF THE NOSE. FIRE. FAINTING. FROST-BITTEN FEET AND EARS. SLIGHT CUTS AND WOUNDS. HOW TO TREAT A BLEEDING ARTERY. CUT VEINS AND BROKEN LIMBS. CHAPTER XV. THE NERVES, BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, ETC. CHAPTER XVI. SUNSTROKE AND POISONS. SYMPTOMS OF SUNSTROKE. HOW TO TREAT SUNSTROKE. CAUTION. POISONS. SULPHURIC ACID POISON. A SAFE RULE. CHAPTER XVII. CIGARETTE SMOKING. SMOKING CREATES A MORBID THIRST. SMOKING DEGRADES THE TASTES. BAD EFFECTS SHOWN IN TIME. QUALITY OF CIGARETTE TOBACCO. CIGARETTE PAPER. HURTFUL TO THE YOUNG. PRODUCES CATARRH. CAUSES ASTHMA. OTHER EVIL EFFECTS. CHAPTER XVIII. ALCOHOL. ITS DANGER. EFFECT UPON THE ORGANS OF THE BODY. COST OF ALCOHOL. INTOXICATION. A GRAVE ERROR. TOTAL ABSTINENCE A SAFEGUARD. EFFECT UPON THE MIND AND SOUL. CHAPTER XIX. BONES, SKELETON, ETC. CHAPTER XX. A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION. CHAPTER XXI. THE DIGESTIBILITY OF SOLID FOODS. |