Outlines of practical hygiene : adapted to American conditions / by C. Gilman Currier.

  • Currier, C. Gilman (Charles Gilman)
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[1893], ©1893
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Credit: Outlines of practical hygiene : adapted to American conditions / by C. Gilman Currier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tially complete list of the works consulted would seriously increase the size of the volume. In addition to using his own and the principal special libraries, the author has striven to control his statements by verbal criticisms from intelligent workers who are not prone to publish their views, yet whose opinions are of extreme value. The dominating principle throughout the entire text has been to maintain a judicial attitude in every detail, allow- ing no scope to vagaries. Accepted truths alone are em.- bodied in the teachings of these chapters. Very positive opinions advanced upon any subject are rarely given unless they are those of the majority of leading thinkers. In the few cases where very limited authority exists for an opinion, attention is especially called to that fact. In speaking of influenza, no mention of Pfeiffer's bacilli is made, since they are neither generally accepted nor practically important. Even the views regarding sewer-gas are not those of any one person, although they were most forcibly impressed upon the author while he listened to the lectures of Pro- fessor Robert Koch, of Berlin, some years ago. So, too, in the pages upon Climate, the principles enounced embody the condensed opinions of majiy who have studied the ques- tion for years. Wherever errors have been alluded to, it has been because of their prevalence, and they have been estimated as fairly as possible. Being devoted strictly to the prevejition of disease, the book does not discuss therapeutic measures except in so far forth as they belong legitimately within the domain of hygiene.