Excerpt from Physiology for Little Folks: A Revised Edition of Child's Book of Health in Easy Lessons for SchoolsThe author believes that the real object in study ing physiology in the lower grades of schools is to teach young people how to keep well and strong. Hence, special emphasis has been laid, in the several lessons of this book, upon such points as pertain to the personal care of health.Special reference has been made to the evil nature and effects of alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and other narcotics, because the use of these injures health and character, and shortens life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.