The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... become a science of itself , and as such should be in the hands of those who have undergone the special discipline nec- essary to appreciate fully the nature and importance of the problems involved . The time is past for the student to ...
... become a science of itself , and as such should be in the hands of those who have undergone the special discipline nec- essary to appreciate fully the nature and importance of the problems involved . The time is past for the student to ...
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... sick , and the general rules of prophylaxis in the management of contagious diseases . He should be familiar with the channels through which he him- self may become infected , or the means by which 20 HYGIENE OF TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES .
... sick , and the general rules of prophylaxis in the management of contagious diseases . He should be familiar with the channels through which he him- self may become infected , or the means by which 20 HYGIENE OF TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES .
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Alexander Crever Abbott. self may become infected , or the means by which he may serve as a carrier of infection and the proper precautions for preventing such accidents . As an educated physician he should know , and as a conscientious ...
Alexander Crever Abbott. self may become infected , or the means by which he may serve as a carrier of infection and the proper precautions for preventing such accidents . As an educated physician he should know , and as a conscientious ...
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... become general . During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a very large proportion of sickness and death in the navies and in the merchant service was due to scurvy , and no inconsider- able number in public institutions ...
... become general . During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a very large proportion of sickness and death in the navies and in the merchant service was due to scurvy , and no inconsider- able number in public institutions ...
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... becomes greater ( Table XI . ) . TABLE XI . The following table , compiled by Dr. Russell , shows the distribution of population and deaths in houses of various sizes : Size of House . Population . Deaths . Percentage of Population ...
... becomes greater ( Table XI . ) . TABLE XI . The following table , compiled by Dr. Russell , shows the distribution of population and deaths in houses of various sizes : Size of House . Population . Deaths . Percentage of Population ...
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acute agents animals anthrax antitoxic appearance bacillus bacteria blood body bubonic plague carbolic acid cause cent CHART cholera clinical clothing common conspicuous contagious cultures death-rate deaths destroyed detected diphtheria disin disinfection dissemination dysentery Edition endemic epidemic erysipelas especially etiological fatal favorable formaldehyde frequently germicidal glanders Hospital hygiene immunity important individuals infection infectious diseases influence inoculation instance intestinal investigations isolated larvæ leprosy lesions less localities malarial fevers manifest Medical membrane methods micro-organism mode mortality mosquito mucous mucous membrane non-spore-forming observed occur octavo opinion ordinary organism outbreak parasite pathogenic pathological patient peculiar period persons Philadelphia plague poison polluted population practically predisposing present pyogenic quarantine rabies regarded sanitary saprophytic serum skin small-pox soil solution specific spores sputum stains steam suppuration susceptible syphilis temperature tetanus tion tissues transmission trustworthy tuberculosis typhoid fever usually vaccination virus vital water-supply worm wounds yellow fever
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Page 352 - College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; and Walter S. Haines, MD, Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Toxicology, Rush Medical College, in affiliation with the University of Chicago.