ity of, 52;
table of food values of, 180-181;
for underweight, 220.

Chairs, effect of, on sitting posture, 60-61;
among the evils of civilization, 152.

Character, posture and, 63-64;
influence of health on, 105-107.

Charts, showing comparative mortality among abstainers and
non-abstainers, 230-233;
of death rates in different countries and at different periods,
283-285.

Cheese, food value of, 29, 38, 131, 181.

Cheeses, putrefactive, among the worst foods, 48.

Chewing, necessitated by hard foods, 41;
importance of thorough, 44-47.
_See_ Mastication.

Children, results of faulty posture in, 62;
sleep required by, 103;
effects of alcoholic indulgence by parents on, 243.

Choice of foods, effect of slow eating habits on, 47.

Cigaret smoking, special evils of, 261.

Cigars and cigarets, nicotin in, 254-255;
physical and mental effects of smoking, 255-267;
increase in use of, 267-268.

Circulation, effect of alcohol on, 240-241;
effect of tobacco on, 256, 259-260, 263, 267.

Circulatory system, death rates from diseases of the, 284, 285.

Civilization, hygiene and, 143-156.

Cleanliness, importance of, for avoiding infections, 75-76.

Clerks, unsuspected impairments among, 136-137.

Clothing, relation of, to ventilation, 14;
hygiene of, 14;
desirability of porous, 14-15, 275;
evils of tight, 16;
choice of cotton, linen, and woolen, 17;
color of, 17-18;
artificial conditions as to, resulting from civilization, 147-148.

Cocktail drinking, a harmful habit, 67.

Colds, popular exaggeration of danger of, from drafts, 8, 123;
usual origin of, in germs, 8-9, 70-71;
measures for avoiding, 9;
sometimes indirectly caused by constipation, 51;
popular delusions concerning, 123-124;
means of infection, 272;
sometimes due to abnormalities in nose or throat, 272-273;
prevention of, by attention to rules of individual hygiene, 273;
chief preventive measures, 273-277;
emergency treatment of, 277-280;
possibility of avoiding, altogether, 280.

Color of clothes, 17-18.

Concentrated foods, objection to, 41, 150.

Condiments, hot, to be used sparingly, 48.

Constipation, evils of, 51-52;
effects of water-drinking habits on, 52;
foods which prevent, 52;
use of mineral oils for, 53;
avoidance of drugs, 53;