Excerpt from The Outlines of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene: Being an Edition of the Essentials of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene; Revised to Conform to the Legislation Making the Effects of Alcohol and Other Narcotics Upon the Human System a Mandatory Study in Public Schools It has been my aim in preparing this volume to compress within the narrowest space such a clear and intelligible account of the structures, activities, and care of the human system as is essential for the purposes of general education. I have also sought to present the facts and principles of the subject in such a natural order as will best subserve the true ends of scientific education. Useful books of information upon physiology are already numerous, but they are too generally deficient in making the science valuable as a means of mental training. Of course, the great object of physiology is to teach how to preserve health, but this is not best done by merely memorizing rules. The rules must be supported by reasons, and if there is not some thorough understanding of the mechanism and powers of the human body, such as will task the efforts of the student, the real fruits of knowledge will not be gained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.