Excerpt from Good Health
The pages of this small volume are rather strictly devoted to matters of personal health. They discuss the care of the eyes, the ears, the hair, the finger nails, the teeth, etc. At the same time they also give reasons why cleanliness and care are important and why uncleanliness and neglect are dangerous. They not only show in a general way that health and cleanliness go hand in hand but they make it plain that we clean our teeth to save them from the microbe, that we keep dust and flies out of our homes because disease microbes may come in with them, that we breathe pure air and ventilate our homes because clean air is best for health. In all this, however, care is taken not to alarm the reader more than enough to forearm him against his worst foe - the microbe.
Attention is called to the nature of air and to things that may spoil it - the breath of human beings, decaying substances, burning oil and gas, flying dust, etc. Methods of ventilation are discussed and experimental investigation is encouraged.
Facts about sleep are given, with clear reasons why sleep is imperative.
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