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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
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BEAUTY ................17
Importance of Beauty; Helpful Discussion of Health, Blood, Energy, Self Control, Worry, Cleanliness, and Personality.

CHAPTER II
HYGIENE, SANITATION, AND STERILIZATION.......23
Definitions; Personal Hygiene; Rest and Recreation; Comfort; Cleanliness; Eliminations; Fresh Air and Sunshine; Simple Rules of Hygiene; Sanitary Laws; Precautions to Observe; Definition of Terms used in Sterilization; Methods of Sterilization; Some Antiseptics and How to Use; Disinfectants, Strength and for What Used; Rules for Making Solutions; Special Hints on Sterilization; First Aid.

CHAPTER III
BACTERIOLOGY...............35
Cause of Disease; Germ, Microbe, Bacteria. Definition and Description; Harmless and Harmful Bacteria; Virulence; Toxin; Anti-Toxin; Toxemia; Pyemia; Infection; Germ Carriers; Immunity.

CHAPTER IV
PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY ...........39
Descriptions; Macroscopic; Systemic Anatomy; Composition of Body; Cells; Protoplasm; Cytoplasm; Tissue; Organs; Systems and their Functions.

CHAPTER V
THE OSSEOUS SYSTEM ............45
Definition; Periosteum; Endosteum; Number of Bones in Body; Function; Composition; Structure; Classes of Bones; Classes of Joints Important Bones of Upper Body; Bones of Head, Face, Arm, Wrist and Hand.

CHAPTER VI
THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM ............51
Definition; Description; Characteristics; Function; Composition; Classes; Origin and Insertion of Muscles; Muscles of Head, Face and Neck; Muscles of Arm and Hand.

CHAPTER VII
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM............60
Description; Definition; Function; Classes of Nerves; Systems; Stimulation of Nerves; Neurons; Neurosis; Fatigue; Inhibition; Habit; the Brain; Meninges; Nerves Involved in Facial Massage.

Chapter VIII
THE BLOOD VASCULAR SYSTEM..........68
Composition; The Heart; Arteries; Capillaries; The Veins; Blood; Plasma; Corpuscles; Anemia; Inflammation; Functions of the Blood; Blood Clotting, How Aided and Hindered; Classifications of Blood; Circulation; Heart Action; Arteries and Veins of Head, Face, Neck, Arm and Hand.