The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... individuals , but are rather edited as systems of monographs , each contributed by individuals who devote their time exclu- sively to the study of this or that particular branch of the subject , and who , therefore , have the special ...
... individuals , but are rather edited as systems of monographs , each contributed by individuals who devote their time exclu- sively to the study of this or that particular branch of the subject , and who , therefore , have the special ...
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... individuals in sound health this micro - organism gains access , tuberculosis will with certainty . result in all cases . There are other factors that come into play and must be taken into consideration . On the one hand , there are ...
... individuals in sound health this micro - organism gains access , tuberculosis will with certainty . result in all cases . There are other factors that come into play and must be taken into consideration . On the one hand , there are ...
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... individual more susceptible to disease . Age . As a factor in predisposing to disease , the influence of age cannot be ignored . To certain maladies the young are more prone than the old , while to others the reverse is the case . The ...
... individual more susceptible to disease . Age . As a factor in predisposing to disease , the influence of age cannot be ignored . To certain maladies the young are more prone than the old , while to others the reverse is the case . The ...
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... individuals possessing it , is transmitted to some extent in many cases to the offspring of those individuals . On analysis of the statistics relating to the acute infections of childhood , we discover that while the mortality from ...
... individuals possessing it , is transmitted to some extent in many cases to the offspring of those individuals . On analysis of the statistics relating to the acute infections of childhood , we discover that while the mortality from ...
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... individual , it seems rea- sonable to believe , in the light of Ehrlich's work , that a mother who has acquired immunity in this way may , during the period of nursing - that is , during something more than half of the first twelve ...
... individual , it seems rea- sonable to believe , in the light of Ehrlich's work , that a mother who has acquired immunity in this way may , during the period of nursing - that is , during something more than half of the first twelve ...
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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.