Health of body in relation to alcohol / By William Snodgrass.

  • Snodgrass, William.
Date:
[1889?]
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Credit: Health of body in relation to alcohol / By William Snodgrass. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    QUESTIONS. 1. What things are essential to life ? 2. Why is cleanliness necessary for health ? 3. How is carbonic acid gas formed in the body, and liow is it given off? 4. How is the body made and kept warm ? 5. What are the four kinds of things needed as food ? 6. Why is water necessary for the body ? 7. Why cannot alcohol take the place of water in the body ? 8. In what different ways may we quench thirst ? 9. Name some of the mineral substances in the body, 10. Why are mineral substances needed in the body ? 11. Name several kinds of carbonaceous substances suitable for food. 12. Why do we need carbonaceous substances in food h 13. Why does the body become cold after taking alcohol P 14. Give examples of nitrogenous substances required for food. 15. Tell the amount of nitrogenous substance in 100 lbs. of cheese, of lean beef, of eggs, of milk, of beer. 16. Why does alcohol make a man weak? 17. What is the use of digestion ? 18. How is starch digested, and how does alcohol prevent its digestion 19. How is growth affected by alcohol Y 20. How is food digested in the stomach ? 21. How does alcohol binder digestion in the stomach ? 22. How does alcohol hurt the stomach ? 23. Where does food pass to fi^om the stomach ? 24. How does alcohol injure the liver Y 25. How does the blood circulate through the body ? 26. What changes take place in the blood in the lungs, and how does alcohol hinder those changes ? 27. Explain the effects of alcohol on the blood. 28. Explain the saying that a man with alcohol in his blood is living in impure air 29. What is meant by the nervous system ? 30. What is the work of the nervoup system ? 31. Where is the brain lodged, and what is its appearance ? 32. What does the brain need in order to work well ?
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