Chapter III: Part II: The Enemies of Health

XVI. DISEASE GERMS 73

XVII. ENCOURAGEMENT OF DISEASE BY UNCLEANLY
HABITS 75

XVIII. FLIES AS CARRIERS OF DISEASE 79

XIX. HOW DISEASE GERMS GET INTO WATER 85

XX. TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE THROUGH THE AIR 89

XXI. INSECTS AS CARRIERS OF DISEASE 92

XXII. HOW TO KEEP GERMS OUT OF WOUNDS 95

XXIII. TRANSMISSION OF DIPHTHERIA 100

XXIV. THE CURE OF DIPHTHERIA 108

XXV. HOW TYPHOID FEVER GERMS ARE CARRIED 113

XXVI. HOOKWORM DISEASE AND AMOEBIC DYSENTERY 120

XXVII. HOW SCARLET FEVER IS CARRIED 123

XXVIII. MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH DANGEROUS
DISEASES 128

XXIX. HOW SMALLPOX IS PREVENTED 131

XXX. WHY VACCINATION SOMETIMES SEEMS A FAILURE 138

XXXI. CONSUMPTION, THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE 142

XXXII. HOW CONSUMPTION IS SPREAD AND HOW PREVENTED 150

XXXIII. HOW CONSUMPTION IS CURED 157

APPENDIX--SUMMARY OF ANATOMY 163

SUGGESTIONS TO THE TEACHER 182

INDEX 183