The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... Probably the most familiar of the early writings on the subject are the laws of Moses for the guidance of his people . Since practically nothing was then known as to the direct causation of disease , these laws were of necessity ...
... Probably the most familiar of the early writings on the subject are the laws of Moses for the guidance of his people . Since practically nothing was then known as to the direct causation of disease , these laws were of necessity ...
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... Probably the most familiar of the early writings on the subject are the laws of Moses for the guidance of his people . Since practically nothing was then known as to the direct causation of disease , these laws were of necessity ...
... Probably the most familiar of the early writings on the subject are the laws of Moses for the guidance of his people . Since practically nothing was then known as to the direct causation of disease , these laws were of necessity ...
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... probably no single , absolute cause of disease , but that the abnormal state we call disease represents the termination of a chain of circumstances the various links of which , while having more or less of a direct bearing upon the ...
... probably no single , absolute cause of disease , but that the abnormal state we call disease represents the termination of a chain of circumstances the various links of which , while having more or less of a direct bearing upon the ...
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... probably accountable for their comparative infrequency in adult life , for we have reason to believe that a single non- fatal attack of either or all of these maladies in childhood affords a more or less permanent protection - immunity ...
... probably accountable for their comparative infrequency in adult life , for we have reason to believe that a single non- fatal attack of either or all of these maladies in childhood affords a more or less permanent protection - immunity ...
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... . For some reason or reasons , for there are probably many to explain it , the gen- eral death - rate among females is uniformly lower than that among males , and statisticians , as a rule , 32 HYGIENE OF TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES .
... . For some reason or reasons , for there are probably many to explain it , the gen- eral death - rate among females is uniformly lower than that among males , and statisticians , as a rule , 32 HYGIENE OF TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES .
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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.