The Principles of hygieneW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 495 pages |
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Page 9
... give the general principles upon which the health officer and the physician work in their respective capacities in dealing with conditions which are detrimental to health or which tend to improve health . The entire range of subjects ...
... give the general principles upon which the health officer and the physician work in their respective capacities in dealing with conditions which are detrimental to health or which tend to improve health . The entire range of subjects ...
Page 18
... give rise to disordered function either by producing obstruction , local irritation , absorbing large quantities of nourishment from the body , or by generating highly poisonous secretion and excre- tion products which produce disease ...
... give rise to disordered function either by producing obstruction , local irritation , absorbing large quantities of nourishment from the body , or by generating highly poisonous secretion and excre- tion products which produce disease ...
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... gives off carbon dioxid in return as the result of tissue metabolism . On the other hand , those members of the vegetable kingdom which possess chlorophyl in their organism have the property of ab- sorbing carbon dioxid from the air ...
... gives off carbon dioxid in return as the result of tissue metabolism . On the other hand , those members of the vegetable kingdom which possess chlorophyl in their organism have the property of ab- sorbing carbon dioxid from the air ...
Page 34
... gives it off slowly , and , therefore , it acts as a reservoir of the heat , absorbing it during the day and giving it off during the night , also absorbing it during the summer and giving it off during the winter , thus lessening the ...
... gives it off slowly , and , therefore , it acts as a reservoir of the heat , absorbing it during the day and giving it off during the night , also absorbing it during the summer and giving it off during the winter , thus lessening the ...
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... gives rise to what are known as " trade " winds . The varying amounts of heat trans- mitted by the sun in different latitudes and at different altitudes , and the variations in the temperature due to the revolutions of the earth on its ...
... gives rise to what are known as " trade " winds . The varying amounts of heat trans- mitted by the sun in different latitudes and at different altitudes , and the variations in the temperature due to the revolutions of the earth on its ...
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