The Principles of hygieneW.B. Saunders Company, 1914 - 525 pages |
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... Appendix the relative values of the units of weights and measures of the metric system have been given in terms of the English system , and vice versa . D. H. B. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Causes of Disease , 17. - ΙΟ PREFACE .
... Appendix the relative values of the units of weights and measures of the metric system have been given in terms of the English system , and vice versa . D. H. B. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Causes of Disease , 17. - ΙΟ PREFACE .
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... CAUSES OF DISEASE . . CHAPTER XVII . Modes of Dissemination , 344. - Nature of Epidemics , 345. - Immu- nity and Susceptibility , 346. - Prevention of Infection by Inducing Active Immunity , 363. - The Haffkine Method of Protection ...
... CAUSES OF DISEASE . . CHAPTER XVII . Modes of Dissemination , 344. - Nature of Epidemics , 345. - Immu- nity and Susceptibility , 346. - Prevention of Infection by Inducing Active Immunity , 363. - The Haffkine Method of Protection ...
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... causes of disease . The immediate causes of disease may be again divided into three classes , physical , chemical , and vital . The physical causes of disease are such as are brought about 2 17 INTRODUCTION.
... causes of disease . The immediate causes of disease may be again divided into three classes , physical , chemical , and vital . The physical causes of disease are such as are brought about 2 17 INTRODUCTION.
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... causes of disease are the most important , because they are the most numerous and are frequently communicated from the sick to the well . They are also of great hygienic im- portance , because most of them are preventable . The vital causes ...
... causes of disease are the most important , because they are the most numerous and are frequently communicated from the sick to the well . They are also of great hygienic im- portance , because most of them are preventable . The vital causes ...
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... causes . The predisposing causes of disease are the various conditions which , by their influence upon the body , render it less resistant to the invasion of pathogenic bacteria , or otherwise pre- dispose to disordered health . The ...
... causes . The predisposing causes of disease are the various conditions which , by their influence upon the body , render it less resistant to the invasion of pathogenic bacteria , or otherwise pre- dispose to disordered health . The ...
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