The soil in relation to health.

  • Miers, Henry Alex, 1858-1942.
Date:
1893
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    CHAPTER VI GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat conimitteth himself to prison. —Bacon. COMPARISON OF SOILS In the preceding chapters we have seen how a knowledge of the nature and properties of the soil is necessary for hygienic purposes, especially in three respects : (1) The action of micro-organisms in the humus. (2) The presence and nature of the water in the soil. (3) The influence of the soil on air, both atmospheric and ground-air. In estimating the relative advantages and disadvan- tages of any particular soil, all these considerations must be taken into account. An attempt to compare in this way all the soils enumerated in the first chapter would far exceed the limits of the present volume ; we shall therefore only indicate briefly the