Sir Arthur Newsholme

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.

CHAPTER VIII. FERMENTED DRINKS.

CHAPTER IX. WATER.

CHAPTER X. THE STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF WATER.

CHAPTER XI. IMPURITIES OF WATER.

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.

CHAPTER XXX. POSITION OF THE HOUSE.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE.

CHAPTER XXXII. CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.

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.

CHAPTER XLII. THE ROLE OF INSECTS IN SPREADING DISEASE.

CHAPTER XLIII. INFECTIVE DISEASES.

CHAPTER XLIV. ACUTE INFECTIVE DISEASES.

CHAPTER XLV. TUBERCULOSIS.

CHAPTER XLVI. NOTIFICATION AND ISOLATION.

CHAPTER XLVII. DISINFECTION.

CHAPTER XLVIII. VITAL STATISTICS.

INDEX.

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HYGIENE:
A MANUAL
OF
Personal and Public Health

BY
ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, M.D., F.R.C.P., Lond.,
UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR IN MEDICINE; DIPLOMATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIV. LOND.; MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH OF BRIGHTON; MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND EXAMINER TO THE
SANITARY INSTITUTE; EXAMINER IN STATE MEDICINE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
LONDON; LATE EXAMINER IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD, AND PRESIDENT OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MEDICAL
OFFICERS OF HEALTH.

NEW EDITION, 1902. ILLUSTRATED.

LONDON:
Geo. Gill & Sons, Ld., Minerva House, Warwick Lane.