The Principles of hygieneW.B. Saunders Company, 1914 - 525 pages |
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... give the general principles upon which the health officer and the physician work in their respective capacities in dealing with conditions which are detrimental to health or which tend to improve health . The entire range of subjects ...
... give the general principles upon which the health officer and the physician work in their respective capacities in dealing with conditions which are detrimental to health or which tend to improve health . The entire range of subjects ...
Page 18
... give rise to disordered function either by producing obstruction , local irritation , absorbing large quantities of nourishment from the body , or by generating highly poisonous secretion and excre- tion products which produce disease ...
... give rise to disordered function either by producing obstruction , local irritation , absorbing large quantities of nourishment from the body , or by generating highly poisonous secretion and excre- tion products which produce disease ...
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... gives off carbon dioxid in return as the result of tissue metabolism . On the other hand , those members of the vegetable kingdom which possess chlorophyl in their organism have the property of ab- sorbing carbon dioxid from the air ...
... gives off carbon dioxid in return as the result of tissue metabolism . On the other hand , those members of the vegetable kingdom which possess chlorophyl in their organism have the property of ab- sorbing carbon dioxid from the air ...
Page 35
... gives it off slowly , and , therefore , it acts as a reservoir of the heat , absorbing it during the day and giving it off during the night , also absorbing it during the summer and giving it off during the winter , thus lessening the ...
... gives it off slowly , and , therefore , it acts as a reservoir of the heat , absorbing it during the day and giving it off during the night , also absorbing it during the summer and giving it off during the winter , thus lessening the ...
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... gives rise to what are known as " trade " winds . The varying amounts of heat trans- mitted by the sun in different latitudes and at different altitudes , and the variations in the temperature due to the revolutions of the earth on its ...
... gives rise to what are known as " trade " winds . The varying amounts of heat trans- mitted by the sun in different latitudes and at different altitudes , and the variations in the temperature due to the revolutions of the earth on its ...
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acid ammonia amount animal apparatus bacillus bacteria blood body calories carbolic acid carbon dioxid cause cent centimeters chemical chlorid cholera climate clothing contained cubic meters death-rate deaths diet digestion diphtheria disinfection dust effects employed especially filter filtration fleas formaldehyd frequently fresh air grams Gynecology heat hygienic immunity important impurities increased infection infectious diseases influence injurious inspection Isolation and disinfection kilograms locality malaria Marine-Hospital Service meat method milk mosquitoes nature necessary nitrogen Obstetrics obtained organic matter oxygen parasites passengers patient persons pipe plague poisonous polluted port prevent produced proteid Public Health purification quantity quarantine quarantine officer quarantine station rats regulations removed salts sanitary scarlet fever serum sewage small-pox soil solution steam substances sulphur dioxid supply surface tank temperature tion tuberculosis typhoid fever United vaccination vegetable ventilation vessel weight yellow fever
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Page 457 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
Page 453 - An act granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine Hospital Service...
Page 499 - Treasury, necessary to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious disea-ses into the United States from foreign countries or into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia...