The Hygienic Family Physician.
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The Uses of Water in Health and Disease.
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Health and Diseases of Woman.
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The Hygienic System.
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Healthful Cookery.
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An Essay on Tobacco-Using.
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The Evils of Fashionable Dress, and How to Dress Healthfully.
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Alcoholic Poison:
_The Physical, Moral, and Social Effects of Alcohol as a Beverage and as
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Proper Diet for Man.
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=Principles of Health Reform.=—An introduction to the subject.
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=Tea and Coffee.=—Why their use is unhealthful.
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