Propagation of Contagious Poisons by the Atmosphere

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Author

Alison, Somerville Scott, 1813-1877

Title

An inquiry into the propagation of contagious poisons, by the atmosphere : as also into the nature and effects of vitiated air, its forms and sources, and other causes of pestilence : with directions for avoiding the action of contagion, and observations on some means for promoting public health

Original Publication

Edinburgh: MacLachlan, Stewart & Co., 1839.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Communicable diseases

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75284

Release Date

February 3, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPAGATION OF CONTAGIOUS POISONS, BY THE ATMOSPHERE; AS ALSO INTO THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF VITIATED AIR, ITS FORMS AND SOURCES, AND OTHER CAUSES OF PESTILENCE; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR AVOIDING THE ACTION OF CONTAGION, AND OBSERVATIONS ON SOME MEANS FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — PART I. — INTRODUCTION. — CHAPTER I. PREVALENCE OF DOCTRINE OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, INJURY TO PATIENT, ATTENDANTS AND VISITORS. — CHAPTER II. MEDICINE RETARDED—FORMS OF CONTAGION. — CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL SKETCH. — CHAPTER IV. THE ABSENCE OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION. — CHAPTER V. CONTAGIOUS POISONS—NON-SOLUTION IN THE AIR—RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS. — CHAPTER VII. CONTAGIOUS POISONS, COMPARED WITH YEAST—DOES THAT AGENT ASSUME THE AERIFORM STATE? — 1st Experiment . — 2d Experiment .
4. 4.PART II. — CHAPTER I. THE NEGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION FROM THE HISTORY AND ACTUAL OBSERVATION OF DISEASE. — THE EVIDENCE DRAWN FROM THE WIDELY SPREAD AND SIMULTANEOUS PREVALENCE OF DISEASE, IN FAVOUR OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, CONSIDERED. — CHAPTER II. THE EVIDENCE DRAWN FROM DISEASE ATTACKING THE RELATIVES, ATTENDANTS, AND VISITORS OF THE SICK, IN FAVOUR OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, CONSIDERED—FACTS EXPLAINED. — CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENT DRAWN IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPAGATION OF DISEASE BY ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, FROM DISEASE APPEARING IN PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY HOUSES AND LOCALITIES TO WHICH PERSONS SICK, OR LATELY SO, HAVE BEEN REMOVED. — CHAPTER IV. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION TRAVELS, OR IS COMMUNICATED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. — CHAPTER V. ON VITIATED AIR. — AIR VITIATED WITH EFFLUVIA FROM BODIES IN A STATE OF DISEASE. — AIR VITIATED WITH EFFLUVIA FROM DEAD ANIMAL MATTER. — CHAPTER VI. AIR VITIATED BY ADMIXTURE WITH EFFLUVIA ARISING FROM THE DECOMPOSITION OF VEGETABLE MATTER ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. — CHAPTER VII. MALIGNANT FEVER. — CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL DISEASED CONDITION OF THE BODY, THE PRODUCT OF MALARIA. — CRETINISM. — INTERMITTENT FEVER, OR AGUE. — CHAPTER IX. OTHER CASES OF PESTILENCE—FAMINE—UNWHOLESOME FOOD AND DRINK. — DRINK. — CHAPTER X. CAUSES OF PESTILENCE CONTINUED—COLD, WANT OF CLOTHING, AND SHELTER—DEPRESSION OF MIND—INFLUENCE OF WEATHER, CLIMATE, HABITS, &C. — CLIMATE. — CHAPTER XI. THE AVOIDANCE OF DISEASES MARKED WITH PALPABLE CONTAGIOUS POISONS—THE LIMITED RANGE OF ACTION OF CONTAGION. — CHAPTER XII. THE PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF VITIATED AIR. — CORRECTION OF VITIATED AIR. — FORMULA FOR THE PREPARATION OF CHLORINE GAS. — FORMULA FOR OBTAINING MURIATIC ACID GAS. — CHAPTER XIII. THE PREVENTION OF VITIATED AIR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD—OFFALS—CONSTRUCTION OF TOWNS, HOUSES, SEWERS, &C. — THE CLEANSING OF TOWNS. — SEWERS. — CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES. — CHAPTER XIV. PREVENTION OF DISEASE BY AN ACTIVE AND CHEERFUL STATE OF MIND, SUFFICIENT CLOTHING, AND WHOLESOME DIET. — CLOTHING. — FOOD.

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