The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... Cholera . 95 Dysentery . 103 Tuberculosis 112 Acute Croupous Pneumonia J22 Diphtheria .. 126 Epidemic Cerebrospinal Fever Influenza 133 139 Bubonic Plague . 142 Suppurative and Septic Infections . 159 Venereal Diseases 166 Leprosy 175 ...
... Cholera . 95 Dysentery . 103 Tuberculosis 112 Acute Croupous Pneumonia J22 Diphtheria .. 126 Epidemic Cerebrospinal Fever Influenza 133 139 Bubonic Plague . 142 Suppurative and Septic Infections . 159 Venereal Diseases 166 Leprosy 175 ...
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... cholera and typhoid fever can be almost elimi- nated . No more striking instance of this can be cited than the remarkable reduction in the typhoid death - rate in the city of Munich . In 1856 the mortality from typhoid in Munich was ...
... cholera and typhoid fever can be almost elimi- nated . No more striking instance of this can be cited than the remarkable reduction in the typhoid death - rate in the city of Munich . In 1856 the mortality from typhoid in Munich was ...
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... cholera than the black man ; that the German oftener falls a prey to cancer than his Celtic cousin ; and that the Jew escapes more frequently from dis- eases of a tuberculous nature and from epidemic diseases than does any other race of ...
... cholera than the black man ; that the German oftener falls a prey to cancer than his Celtic cousin ; and that the Jew escapes more frequently from dis- eases of a tuberculous nature and from epidemic diseases than does any other race of ...
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... only 29 were in colored per- sons . On the other hand , " there is a general consensus of opinion that the negro is especially liable to Asiatic cholera " ( Hirsch ) . According to Walther ( quoted from THE CAUSATION OF DISEASE . 37.
... only 29 were in colored per- sons . On the other hand , " there is a general consensus of opinion that the negro is especially liable to Asiatic cholera " ( Hirsch ) . According to Walther ( quoted from THE CAUSATION OF DISEASE . 37.
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... cholera in Guadeloupe during the epidemic of 1865 was divided among the following peoples in the follow- ing percentages : Chinese , 2.7 per cent .; Hindoos , 3.26 per cent .; whites , 4.31 per cent .; mulattos , 6.32 per cent . , and ...
... cholera in Guadeloupe during the epidemic of 1865 was divided among the following peoples in the follow- ing percentages : Chinese , 2.7 per cent .; Hindoos , 3.26 per cent .; whites , 4.31 per cent .; mulattos , 6.32 per cent . , and ...
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