The Principles of hygieneW.B. Saunders Company, 1914 - 525 pages |
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Page 30
... sufficient air - supply and overcrowding upon the general health ; the labors of Edwin Chadwick in organizing the first board of health in England ; the work of Dr. William Farr , Registrar - General of England , in securing the regis ...
... sufficient air - supply and overcrowding upon the general health ; the labors of Edwin Chadwick in organizing the first board of health in England ; the work of Dr. William Farr , Registrar - General of England , in securing the regis ...
Page 32
... sufficient to support a column of mercury 760 millimeters in height , and amounts to 1033 grams on every square centimeter of surface . The pressure of the atmosphere decreases as we rise above the level of the sea , and increases as we ...
... sufficient to support a column of mercury 760 millimeters in height , and amounts to 1033 grams on every square centimeter of surface . The pressure of the atmosphere decreases as we rise above the level of the sea , and increases as we ...
Page 35
... sufficient to support a column of mercury 760 millimeters in height ; hence the total weight supported by an average man is about 18,000 kilograms . This weight or pressure is con- siderable , but it is unnoticed because it is equalized ...
... sufficient to support a column of mercury 760 millimeters in height ; hence the total weight supported by an average man is about 18,000 kilograms . This weight or pressure is con- siderable , but it is unnoticed because it is equalized ...
Page 36
... sufficient supply of oxygen in the rarefied air is perhaps the principal cause of the symptoms manifested . d a The effects of passing from the normal atmospheric pressure to a greater pressure , as in diving - bells , in tunnels under ...
... sufficient supply of oxygen in the rarefied air is perhaps the principal cause of the symptoms manifested . d a The effects of passing from the normal atmospheric pressure to a greater pressure , as in diving - bells , in tunnels under ...
Page 62
... sufficiently great to induce marked discomfort in the occupants , the discomfort dis- appears very quickly when a fan is set in motion and the air brought into active circulation . That the discomfort is due to interference with ...
... sufficiently great to induce marked discomfort in the occupants , the discomfort dis- appears very quickly when a fan is set in motion and the air brought into active circulation . That the discomfort is due to interference with ...
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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.
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