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Health Lessons
Health Lessons
Book 1
Book Excerpt
ody should grow about a hundred pounds in weight during the first thirteen years of life. Whether children grow little or much generally depends on the food they give their bodies.
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
1. Point out and name four parts of the body.
2. Name the two parts of the trunk.
3. What does the chest contain?
4. What is muscle?
5. How is the body fed?
6. Give three parts taking waste out of the body.
7. Of what use are the brain and nerves?
8. Name two organs.
9. How long does the body continue to grow?
10. Why are some children weak and of slow growth?
CHAPTER III
FEEDING THE BODY
[Illustration: FIG. 6.--Photograph of the outer dead skin pushed off from a black snake crawling through the brush.]
=Why the Body needs Food.=--Every living thing, whether a plant or an animal, needs food. While the whole body lives, a part of it is constantly dying. The entire
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FEATURED AUTHOR - 'The Plotting Shed' (see her blog http://www.intheplottingshed.com/) was Alex Martin's first writing space at the bottom of her Welsh garden. Now she splits her time between Wales and France and plot wherever she is. She still wanders aimlessly in the countryside with her dog and her dreams and she can still be found typing away with imaginary friends whispering in her ear, but these days she has the joy of seeing her stories published and the treasured feedback from readers who've enjoyed them.