The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... existence predispose him to disease in general , while others are concerned in directly exciting certain definite groups of symptoms and pathological manifestations , which are usu- ally classed as specific diseases . In considering the ...
... existence predispose him to disease in general , while others are concerned in directly exciting certain definite groups of symptoms and pathological manifestations , which are usu- ally classed as specific diseases . In considering the ...
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... existence of particular anatomical structures , it is obvious that sex is an important predisposing factor , particularly in connection with those maladies that affect the organs by which the sexes are differentiated . The influence of ...
... existence of particular anatomical structures , it is obvious that sex is an important predisposing factor , particularly in connection with those maladies that affect the organs by which the sexes are differentiated . The influence of ...
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... existence entails . The accentuation of death - rate resulting from the condi- tions concomitant with excessive density of population , while manifest for all ages , is conspicuously evident among the very young of such a community ...
... existence entails . The accentuation of death - rate resulting from the condi- tions concomitant with excessive density of population , while manifest for all ages , is conspicuously evident among the very young of such a community ...
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... existence of the dis- ease , yet hereditary tuberculosis must be looked upon as a rarity . The part played by heredity in the dissemination of this disease is more often observed in the transmission of a generally enfeebled constitution ...
... existence of the dis- ease , yet hereditary tuberculosis must be looked upon as a rarity . The part played by heredity in the dissemination of this disease is more often observed in the transmission of a generally enfeebled constitution ...
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... existence upon one or more of the influences already referred to as predisposing . Chemical Causes . - The direct chemical causes of disease may be divided into those having their origin outside the body ( ectogenous ) , and those that ...
... existence upon one or more of the influences already referred to as predisposing . Chemical Causes . - The direct chemical causes of disease may be divided into those having their origin outside the body ( ectogenous ) , and those that ...
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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.