Miscellaneous publication (United States Public Health Service.) no. 17-19, 1918, Issues 17-19Public Health Service, 1919 |
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Page 16
... which sources much valuable material and many illustrations have been taken , and for which due acknowledgment is gratefully made . MAY 15 , 1918 . 16 M. H. FOSTER . PREVENTION OF DISEASE . INTRODUCTION . Sickness causes loss of.
... which sources much valuable material and many illustrations have been taken , and for which due acknowledgment is gratefully made . MAY 15 , 1918 . 16 M. H. FOSTER . PREVENTION OF DISEASE . INTRODUCTION . Sickness causes loss of.
Page 17
... taken into account , the importance of its prevention can not be over- estimated . It may often be easily avoided by simple means . Scurvy , which was once the scourge of the seas , now rarely occurs on vessels . This is due to the ...
... taken into account , the importance of its prevention can not be over- estimated . It may often be easily avoided by simple means . Scurvy , which was once the scourge of the seas , now rarely occurs on vessels . This is due to the ...
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... taken from the transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society gives the minimum permissible and the desirable intensities which should be maintained : Foot candles at the work . Ordinary Minimum . practice . ( a ) Roadways and ...
... taken from the transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society gives the minimum permissible and the desirable intensities which should be maintained : Foot candles at the work . Ordinary Minimum . practice . ( a ) Roadways and ...
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... taken that no gas leaks from the feeding pipes , especially where rubber tubes are used , and that burners are free from soot , or other- wise the air of the room may be contaminated by carbon monoxide . This gas is less likely to be ...
... taken that no gas leaks from the feeding pipes , especially where rubber tubes are used , and that burners are free from soot , or other- wise the air of the room may be contaminated by carbon monoxide . This gas is less likely to be ...
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... taken to all parts of the body and waste products are removed . The quantity of water needed for each person for drinking and cooking is about 1 gallon per day ; for washing and other pur- poses about 16 gallons per day . Many cities ...
... taken to all parts of the body and waste products are removed . The quantity of water needed for each person for drinking and cooking is about 1 gallon per day ; for washing and other pur- poses about 16 gallons per day . Many cities ...
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abdomen abscess adhesive plaster alcohol applied artery attack baby bacteria bandage bath become bichloride bleeding blood body boiled bone boric acid bottle bowels burning carbolic acid cause chest child cholera clean clothing cold compress constipation cotton cough Courtesy W. B. Saunders covered cresol diarrhea diphtheria disease disinfected doses dressing eyes feet fever fingers First-aid foot fracture frequently gauze germs grains hand heat hemorrhage hot water inches infected inflammation injury joint larvæ laudanum limb milk mosquito mouth muslin mustard plaster necessary nurse occurs ounces pain patient person physician pint poison powder prevent removed rheumatism salt severe side skin solution sometimes sore splint sterile gauze stomach strips surface swelling symptoms syphilis tablespoonful taken teaspoonful teeth temperature throat tincture of iodine tissues tourniquet towel treatment typhoid fever usually vessels vomiting warm washed weeks wound wrist yellow fever