The House I Live In, Or, An Elementary Physiology for Children in the Public Schools: With Special Reference to the Nature of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics, and Their Effects Upon the Human System |
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Page 1 - States, elements of physiology and hygiene, with special instruction as to the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and their effects upon the human system...
Page 82 - A part of myself, which you call oxygen, goes from me into the blood and makes it turn a bright red color. The blood is glad to get my oxygen to carry through your body. "Some impurities of the blood come through the thin wall into me. I am cool and pure when I go into your lungs, but when I come out, I am warm and impure. "I am glad to get out of your close, warm lungs into the open air. "Do not breathe me back into your lungs, for I am not fit to come near your blood. I have lost so much of my...
Page 82 - I am only a breath of air, but I have much to do with making you well and strong. "I go in through your nose and down inside your windpipe. When I reach your lungs I pass into a great many tiny rooms that have thin walls. Here I find the warm blood all about me. "A part of myself, which you call oxygen, goes from me into the blood and makes it turn a bright red color. The blood is glad to get my oxygen to carry through your body. "Some impurities of the blood come through the thin wall into me. I...
Page 83 - Some impurities of the blood come through the thin wall into me. I am cool and pure when I go into your lungs, but when I come out, I am warm and impure. "I am glad to get out of your close, warm lungs into the open air. "Do not breathe me back into your lungs, for I am not fit to come near your blood. I have lost so much of my oxygen and am so full of impurities that I will make you weak and sick. "Open the windows so that I can get out of doors, and let in some fresh air for your breath, so that...
Page 53 - THE KING AND HIS MAGIC CLUBS. A king who was feeble and ill because of ease and idleness, called upon his doctor for medicine. The king would not walk or work, however, like the strong men about him.
Page 83 - Open the windows so that I can get out of doors, and let in some fresh air for your breath, so that you may be strong. "So it is, that all the minutes of your life you are taking breaths like me to help in making your blood pure." HEALTH CREED. "My body is the temple of my soul. "Therefore: "I will keep my body clean within" and without. "I will breathe pure air and I will live in the sunlight. "I will do no act that might endanger the health of others. "I will try to learn and practice the rules...
Page 54 - The doctor, therefore, prepared two heavy clubs of strange wood for the king's use, and led him to think that the handles of these clubs contained the medicine for his cure.
Page 54 - His health was much improved, and he greatly praised the medicine of his clubs and the wisdom of his good doctor. The king never learned from his faithful...
Page 54 - ... moist from exercise, at which time the medicine would pass into his hands, and make his body strong. The king was easily deceived...
Page 28 - The appetite for alcoholic liquors usually grows rapidly, and men who use but little at first often become drunkards in a short time.
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| Title | The House I Live In, Or, An Elementary Physiology for Children in the Public Schools: With Special Reference to the Nature of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics, and Their Effects Upon the Human System Eclectic educational series Eclectic series of temperance physiologies |
| Author | Eli F. Brown |
| Publisher | Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 9, 2007 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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