7.

Fish, decomposed, source of ptomaine poisoning, 9;
nitrogenous food, 118;
value of, 122.

Fly, conveyor of disease, 9, 10, 43;
sick-room, 219.

Fly-agaric, 258.

Flukes, 140.

Foods, 28, 99;
albuminous, 119;
amount necessary, 96;
breakfast-foods, 113;
diseases contracted from, 8;
in sick-room, 221;
Mellin's food, 86;
nitrogenous, 98, 117;
nutritive substances in, 98;
raw, 105, 164;
starchy, 104, 165, 168;
tables, 100.

Formaldehyde gas, 192.

Frost-bite, 245.

Fruits, as food, 30;
dangers in, 144;
diseases contracted from, 9;
not nutritious, 146.

Furnace, 46.

G

Game, 122.

Garlic, 140.

Gin, 160.

Glanders, 10.

Glucose, 126.

Gout, 156, 163.

Grape-fruit, 147.

Greens, 138.

Ground-itch, 195.

H

Haig, a physician, 148.

Ham, boiled, 281;
broiled, 281;
curing of, 280;
fried, 281;
wholesomeness of, 121.

Headache, 33.

Health, 5.

Heat, accidents arising from, 241;
for house, 45;
in sick-room, 218.
See also Calories.

Heat-prostration, 244.

Hiccough, 250.

Hog, 51.

Hog-meats, 120.

Hominy, 284.

Hookworm, 8;
method of transmission, 50, 52;
description and treatment of disease, 193.

Horses, convey glanders, 10;
killed by bad corn, 109.

House, materials for, 39;
sanitation of, 35.

Husks, 107.

Hydrophobia, from dog's bite, 9, 249;
description and treatment, 211.

Hygiene, 1, 6;
of infancy and childhood, 63;
of the person, 12;
of the sick-room, 217.

Hypersensitiveness, 204.

I

Indigestion, 145.

Infants, hygiene and feeding of, 63;
weaning of, 67.

Iodine, as antiseptic, 231;
in blisters, 247.

K

Kak-ke, 9, 113.

Kala-azar, 9.

Kissing, 89.

L

Lathyrismus, 9.

Lead-water, 261.

Leeks, 140.

Legumes, 133.

Legumins, 98, 118.

Lemons, 146.

Lentils, 133, 134.

Lettuce, 139.

Ligature, 230, 270.

Lime-water, 71, 261.

Liquids, 148.

Liquors, malt, 162.

Liver, 93;
cirrhosis of the, 158.

Lockjaw, 227;
antitoxin for, 232.

Loeffler, discovered diphtheria germ, 198.

M

Malaria, conveyed by mosquito, 9, 41, 43;
description and treatment, 171.

Maltose, 86.

Massasauga, 266.

Mastication, 96.