The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... matter through the Cen- sus and Vital Statistics of our people , taken every ten years . In the compilation of these reports it is customary to compare the death - rates , or actual deaths ( fair indices of sickness ) from different ...
... matter through the Cen- sus and Vital Statistics of our people , taken every ten years . In the compilation of these reports it is customary to compare the death - rates , or actual deaths ( fair indices of sickness ) from different ...
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... matter in the form of dust . This tends in general to pulmonary tuberculosis and to other pulmonary troubles , principally chronic bronchitis , emphysema , bronchiectasis , and interstitial pneumonia . According to Ogle , ' the effect ...
... matter in the form of dust . This tends in general to pulmonary tuberculosis and to other pulmonary troubles , principally chronic bronchitis , emphysema , bronchiectasis , and interstitial pneumonia . According to Ogle , ' the effect ...
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... matter of common observation that sickness and death are most fre- quent in those communities where large numbers of people are crowded together in comparatively close quarters under the conditions of poverty that such an existence ...
... matter of common observation that sickness and death are most fre- quent in those communities where large numbers of people are crowded together in comparatively close quarters under the conditions of poverty that such an existence ...
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... matter of common observation that catarrhal dis- eases and , in general , those of the respiratory system are more frequent during the months of low temperature and excessive moisture than at other times in the year ( see Chart BBVBA 2 ) ...
... matter of common observation that catarrhal dis- eases and , in general , those of the respiratory system are more frequent during the months of low temperature and excessive moisture than at other times in the year ( see Chart BBVBA 2 ) ...
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... matter is converted into simpler compounds suitable for the nutrition of more highly organized vegetables . It is largely through the activities of bacteria that the equilibrium of the chemical composition of the atmosphere is ...
... matter is converted into simpler compounds suitable for the nutrition of more highly organized vegetables . It is largely through the activities of bacteria that the equilibrium of the chemical composition of the atmosphere is ...
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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.