Hygiene:, by Arthur Newsholme, M.D., F.R.C.P., Lond

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Author

Newsholme, Arthur, Sir, 1857-1943

Title

Hygiene: a manual of personal and public health (New Edition)

Credits

Produced by MWS, Bryan Ness, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Public health -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58591

Release Date

January 1, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes — HYGIENE: A MANUAL OF Personal and Public Health
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. FOOD.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE VARIETIES OF FOOD.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. DISEASES DUE TO FOOD.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. DIET.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. CONDIMENTS AND BEVERAGES. — BEVERAGES. — TEA. — COFFEE. — COCOA.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. FERMENTED DRINKS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. WATER.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF WATER.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. IMPURITIES OF WATER. — METHODS OF WATER ANALYSIS. — CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. ORIGIN AND EFFECTS OF THE IMPURITIES OF WATER.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE PURIFICATION OF WATER.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF AIR.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. SUSPENDED IMPURITIES OF AIR.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. GASEOUS AND OTHER IMPURITIES OF AIR.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. TRADE NUISANCES.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXAMINATION OF AIR.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE PURIFICATION OF AIR.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF VENTILATION.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. PROBLEMS AS TO VENTILATION.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. METHODS OF VENTILATION.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. VENTILATION BY THE INTRODUCTION OF WARMED AIR.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE WARMING OF HOUSES.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. HOUSE DRAINAGE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. CESSPOOLS AND MAIN SEWERS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. PROBLEMS AS TO FLOW IN SEWERS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. CONSERVANCY METHODS. — HOUSE REFUSE.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. POSITION OF THE HOUSE.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. THE MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE. — Inside Coverings of Walls.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SOIL.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. CLIMATE AND WEATHER.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. PERSONAL HYGIENE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. PERSONAL HYGIENE—EXERCISE.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. PERSONAL HYGIENE ( continued )—REST AND SLEEP.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. PERSONAL HYGIENE ( continued )—CLEANLINESS.
43. 43.CHAPTER XL. CLOTHING.
44. 44.CHAPTER XLI. PARASITES. — BACTERIA.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLII. THE RÔLE OF INSECTS IN SPREADING DISEASE.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII. INFECTIVE DISEASES.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV. ACUTE INFECTIVE DISEASES. — SMALL-POX OR VARIOLA. — SCARLET FEVER. — MEASLES. — WHOOPING COUGH. — DIPHTHERIA. — TYPHUS FEVER. — RELAPSING FEVER. — ENTERIC OR TYPHOID FEVER. — CHOLERA. — SUMMER OR EPIDEMIC DIARRHŒA — TETANUS. — GLANDERS. — HYDROPHOBIA. — ERYSIPELAS. — YELLOW FEVER. — PLAGUE. — ANTHRAX. — PUERPERAL FEVER — RHEUMATIC FEVER — INFLUENZA — MALARIA.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLV. TUBERCULOSIS.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI. NOTIFICATION AND ISOLATION. — HINTS AS TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES. — ISOLATION. — QUARANTINE.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII. DISINFECTION. — CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS. — A. Oxidising Agents. — B. Deoxidising Agents. — C. Other Disinfectants. — DISINFECTION BY PHYSICAL MEANS. — DISINFECTION BY HEAT. — THE PRACTICE OF DISINFECTION.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII. VITAL STATISTICS.
52. 52.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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