Meat, cooking of, 168;
nitrogenous food, 118;
source of ptomaine poisoning, 9;
value of, 119.

Medicine, 221;
patent, 91, 158.

Meninges, 207.

Meningitis, cerebrospinal, 206.

_Micrococcus intracellulais_, 207.

Milk, an ideal food, 128;
apt to promote indigestion, 150;
as a drink, 31-32;
in vegetarian diet, 130;
infected with tuberculosis, 182;
malted, 86;
modified cow's, 67;
mother's, 65;
peptonized, 75;
sterilized (Pasteurized), 74;
table for calculating proportions of milk to be fed, 70.

Mint, 142.

Moccasin (snake), 261, 262, 263, 266.

Mosquito, 9, 41, 171, 173.

Mouse, 9.

Mushrooms, 256.

Mutton, boiled, 283;
chops, 284;
cutlets, 283;
roast 283;
value of, 120.

N

_Necator Americanus_, 193.

Nervousness, 88.

Nipple, 73.

Nose, 184.

Nursing, 217.

O

Oatmeal, 114, 284.

Okra, 142.

Opiates, 85.

Opium, 254.

Oysters, 118, 122.

P

Pains, rheumatic, 145.

Paris green, 252.

Parsley, 142.

Parsnips, 136.

Pasteur, 214.

Pastries, 115.

Peaches, 146.

Peanuts, 133, 134.

Peas, 133, 134.

Pellagra, 9, 109.

Peppers, green, 142.

Phosphorus, 253.

Pickles, 144.

Pieplant, 142.

Pilot-snake, 262.

Pit-vipers, 261, 265.

Plague, bubonic, 9.

_Plasmodium malaria_, 171.

Plaster, for blisters, 247;
for sprains, 235.

Poison-dogwood, 260.

Poison-elder, 260.

Poison-ivy, 259.

Poison-oak, 259.

Poisons, acid and alkaline, 252;
ptomaine, 9;
treatment of poison cases, with antidotes, 251.

Poison-sumac, 260.

Pork, boiled, 280;
broiled, 279;
fried, 279;
roast, 279.

Potassium permanganate, 254, 255, 269.

Potatoes, 135, 136;
baked, 294;
boiled, 294;
cooking of, 167;
disadvantages of, 112.

Poultry, 122.

Privies, 49, 52, 198.

Ptomaines, poisoning by, 9.

Puddings, apple, 295;
batter, 295;
brown betty, 296;
caramel custard, 296;
cottage, 295;
cream of corn-starch, 296;
rice, 297.

Pumpkin, 143.

Pus, 232.

Q

Quacks, medical, 4, 7.

Quinine, 173.

R

Rabies, see Hydrophobia.

Radishes, 136.

Rat, 9.

Rat-poison, 25.

Rattlesnake, 261, 262, 264;
ground-rattlers, 262, 265.

Recipes, 273.

Resins, 231.