A manual of practical hygiene / by Edmund A. Parkes ; edited by F.S.B. Francois de Chaumont.

Date:
1887
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Credit: A manual of practical hygiene / by Edmund A. Parkes ; edited by F.S.B. Francois de Chaumont. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Bacilli, . . ■ .426 Bacteria, action in water, . . 51, 52 and vibriones, signification of, 672 conditions favourable for, in water, in ail', . . 134, in disease, Bacteridia in water, _ . Bacterifann pimcta in water, Bacteroids in water, . _ . B^DEKEK on copper poisoning from water, .... 59 Bahamas, .... 603 Bailey-Denton 672 147, 435-6 425 672 672 672 on intermittent downward filtration of sewage, on water collection, . 115 32 75, note 295 Baillarger on goitre, Bdjrd, or Bajn (millet), Bakewell on small-pox matter in air, 156 Baking, test for flour, . . 717 Baldwin Latham, on ground water, 9 Balfour on diet of Duke of York's School, . . . 250 on aiTQy statistics, . . 558 Ballard on enteric fever at Nunney, 67 on cavalry horses, . . 130 Balloon ascents, . . . 403 eifects on pulse, . . 391 Ballot on cholera, ... 69 Ball traps, . . ■ .103 Bally and Coindet on artificial pro- duction of goitre, ... 75 Banner's ventilator,... 99 Banting system, success of, explained, 237 Barbadoes, . . . .599 leg, pachydermia or elephan- tiasis, Barff's process for coating iron. Barium chloride as test for sulphuric acid, . . . nitrate solution for soap test. Barker, Herbert, on preservation of dead bodies, Barley, structure of, . 74, 600 37 679 733 Barometer, corrections for, reading of, scales. Barrack Commission's filter. Barracks, cavalry, cooling of, infantry, in forts and citadels . in hot climates, on home service, reports upon, . — ventilation of, warming of. Barrels for storing water, Baryta water as a test for CO.j, Basements, paving and concreting arching. 381 292 •279 407 408 408 738 35, 36 (fig. 1) 492 Bastian on bacteria and vibriones, Bateman on water supply, . Bathing, good effects of, Batho on Bilharzia, . Baths, amount of water required for, 28 30 31 Bean and pea, . . 279^281, 282 as food, . . .296 499 505 493 500 501 492 500 199 497 38 710 4 4 427 27, 28 376 78 27 PAf?E Beans, Indian, . , . 296 Bean starch, drawing of, . . 281 Beatson on prison diet in India, . 246 • Beaufort scale for force of wind, . 418 Beaumont on digestion, . 247, 249 Beoher on body temperature, . 386 Bedding, purification of . . 428 Beef, fresh, composition of, 243, 245, 254-5 essence of. Brand's, . . 312 peptonoids, C.\rnrick's, . 312 salt, composition of, . 243, 245 Beer, . . . . .315 adulterations, . . . 727 alcohol in, . . 315, 725 as an article of diet, . . 316 examination of, . . 724 physiological action of, . 316 •— quality of, . . . 724 Bell on specific gravity of butter fat, 308 Bellat's extract of meat, . . 313 Bell tent, cubic space of, . . 209 Bengbr's peptone jelly, . . 312 Berlin, water of, contaminated by coal gas, .... 53 • enteric fever at, . . 8, note Bermuda, .... 603 Bert on effects of increased pressure of air, .... 393 Berths on absorption of fat, . 248-9 Berthollet on water purification, . 81 Bettington on fever produced by marsh water at Tulliwaree, . 61 Beverages and condiments, . . 315 Beverages, non-alcoholic, . . 338 Bhisties, water-carriers of Bengal, . 53 Bilharzia hcematobia, . . 675-78 embryos of, in water,. . 675 Bilious remittent fevers, . . 4, 460 Birmingham, sewage removal at, . 128 BiscHOP, G., on Potable Water, 84, note Biscuit, . . . .287 Biscuits, meat, . . . 313 Bituminous lining for lead pipes (M'Dougall's, Angus Smith's), . 43 Black-ash waste, as sewage precipitant, 113 Blackley on hay fever, . . 154 on spores in air, . . 135 Blagden and Fordyce on tempera- ture in ovens, . . . 387 Blake on treatment of phthisis in open air, . . . 392, note Blano on cholera at Yerrauda, . 70 on fever from water in Abys- sinia, ... 62 Block filters, . . . 85 et seq. Block-tin pipes, ... 43 acted on by water containing nitrates, ... 43 Board of Trade, minute on water- fittings, . . . .40 Boat-race, work during, . . 367 Boilers, kitchen, water supply for, . 38 Boiling of meat, . . . 268 of water, to purify, . . 79 Boils, endemic, of, at Frankfort, from impure water, ... 73 Bolton, Sir F., on London water supply, . . . .26 Bond's terebene preparations, . 445 eutbermic stove, . . 231 Bone-burners, .... 174 Boots and shoes, . . . 530 Bothrioccphalua latus from water, . 77