Health and healthy homes : a guide to domestic hygiene / With notes and additions by J. G. Richardson.

  • Wilson, George.
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Health and healthy homes : a guide to domestic hygiene / With notes and additions by J. G. Richardson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Introductory. PAGE Vision of Mirza 17 Casualties which befall a Generation in its March through Life at different Stages 18 Natural Duration of Life 22 Uses of Vital Statistics 24 Calculation of Annual Death-rate ...... 25 Calculation of Zymotic Death-rate 25 Zymotic Diseases defined 26 Eate of Infant Mortality 26 Difference between Rates of Mortality in different Districts . 26 Amount of Preventable Disease 27 Possibility of lowering General Death-rate . . . .29 CHAPTER II. The Human Body. I. Chemical Composition 33 Vital Force 33 Protoplasm . 35