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HYGIENE: A MANUAL OF Personal and Public Health
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. FOOD.
CHAPTER III. THE VARIETIES OF FOOD.
CHAPTER IV. DISEASES DUE TO FOOD.
CHAPTER V. DIET.
CHAPTER VI. THE PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD.
CHAPTER VII. CONDIMENTS AND BEVERAGES.
BEVERAGES.
TEA.
COFFEE.
COCOA.
CHAPTER VIII. FERMENTED DRINKS.
CHAPTER IX. WATER.
CHAPTER X. THE STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF WATER.
CHAPTER XI. IMPURITIES OF WATER.
METHODS OF WATER ANALYSIS.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
CHAPTER XII. ORIGIN AND EFFECTS OF THE IMPURITIES OF WATER.
CHAPTER XIII. THE PURIFICATION OF WATER.
CHAPTER XIV. COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF AIR.
CHAPTER XV. SUSPENDED IMPURITIES OF AIR.
CHAPTER XVI. GASEOUS AND OTHER IMPURITIES OF AIR.
CHAPTER XVII. TRADE NUISANCES.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXAMINATION OF AIR.
CHAPTER XIX. THE PURIFICATION OF AIR.
CHAPTER XX. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF VENTILATION.
CHAPTER XXI. PROBLEMS AS TO VENTILATION.
CHAPTER XXII. METHODS OF VENTILATION.
CHAPTER XXIII. VENTILATION BY THE INTRODUCTION OF WARMED AIR.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE WARMING OF HOUSES.
CHAPTER XXV. HOUSE DRAINAGE.
CHAPTER XXVI. CESSPOOLS AND MAIN SEWERS.
CHAPTER XXVII. PROBLEMS AS TO FLOW IN SEWERS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE.
CHAPTER XXIX. CONSERVANCY METHODS.
HOUSE REFUSE.
CHAPTER XXX. POSITION OF THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXXII. CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.
Inside Coverings of Walls.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SOIL.
CHAPTER XXXIV. CLIMATE AND WEATHER.
CHAPTER XXXV. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. PERSONAL HYGIENE.
CHAPTER XXXVII. PERSONAL HYGIENE—EXERCISE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. PERSONAL HYGIENE (continued)—REST AND SLEEP.
CHAPTER XXXIX. PERSONAL HYGIENE (continued)—CLEANLINESS.
CHAPTER XL. CLOTHING.
CHAPTER XLI. PARASITES.
BACTERIA.
CHAPTER XLII. THE RÔLE OF INSECTS IN SPREADING DISEASE.
CHAPTER XLIII. INFECTIVE DISEASES.
CHAPTER XLIV. ACUTE INFECTIVE DISEASES.
SMALL-POX OR VARIOLA.
SCARLET FEVER.
MEASLES.
WHOOPING COUGH.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHUS FEVER.
RELAPSING FEVER.
ENTERIC OR TYPHOID FEVER.
CHOLERA.
SUMMER OR EPIDEMIC DIARRHŒA
TETANUS.
GLANDERS.
HYDROPHOBIA.
ERYSIPELAS.
YELLOW FEVER.
PLAGUE.
ANTHRAX.
PUERPERAL FEVER
RHEUMATIC FEVER
INFLUENZA
MALARIA.
CHAPTER XLV. TUBERCULOSIS.
CHAPTER XLVI. NOTIFICATION AND ISOLATION.
HINTS AS TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
ISOLATION.
QUARANTINE.
CHAPTER XLVII. DISINFECTION.
CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS.
A. Oxidising Agents.
B. Deoxidising Agents.
C. Other Disinfectants.
DISINFECTION BY PHYSICAL MEANS.
DISINFECTION BY HEAT.
THE PRACTICE OF DISINFECTION.
CHAPTER XLVIII. VITAL STATISTICS.
INDEX.
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