Hygiene / by J. Lane Notter and R.H. Firth.

  • Notter, J. Lane (James Lane), 1843-1923.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Hygiene / by J. Lane Notter and R.H. Firth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX A Absorption of heat by soil, 183 Acartis doinesticns, 148 farina, 150 scabiei, 289 Accelerative force of gravity, 35 Accessory foods, 159 Achorion Schonleinii, 288 Acid, acetic. 113 , carbolic, 281, 285 , carbonic. See Carbon dioxide , citric, 113 , malic, 113 , nitric, in air, 12 ; in water, 87, lOI , nitrous, in air, 12 ; in water, 87, 99 ; as a disin- fectant. 286 , oxalic, 113 , salicylic in milk. 144 , sulphurous, in air, 15 ; as a disinfectant, 286 , tartaric, 113 Acidity of beer, 171 of bread, 151 of vinegar, 159 of wine, 175 Acids, vegetable, 113 Actinomycosis, 136 Actual increase of population, 341 Adulterations of arrowroot, 157 of beer, 171 of butter, 147 of cocoa, 164 of coffee, 163 of flour, 150 oflimejuice, 158 of milk, 145 of tea, 161 of vinegar, 159 of wine, 176 Aerated waters, 164 iEroscope, 58 Age distribution of population, 343 as affecting mortality, 347 Air, amount of, required for animals, 30 ; for coal fires, 47; for lights, 25 ; for man, 28; for sick, 30 composition of, i ANG Air, diffusion of, 10 , effects of increased pres- sure of, 329 ; lessened pressure of, 329 , examination of, 52 , expansion of, 8 , humidity of, 4, 311 , impurities of, ii ; from artificial lights, 21 ; from respiration, 20; from sus- pended matter, 16 , movement of, how deter- mined, 35; how caused, 9, 34; effects of, 31 ; in sewers, ?37 of brickfields, 19 of graveyards, 18 of marshes, i8 of sewers, 237 of soil, i8t physical properties of, i , supply of, how effected, 38 ; its sources, 32 , warning of, 46 , watery vapour in, 4 , weight of, 6 Albumin, 108 Albuminoids. See Proteids Albumose, 109 Alcohol as an article of diet, , determination of, 172 Alcoholic beverages, 165 Ales, 170 Alkali works, fumes from, 19 Alluvial soil, 186 _ Altitudes, correction for, 326 , measurement of, 328 Alum as a sewage precipitant, 233 for purification of water, 79 . in bread, 151 Amines process, 234 Ammonia in air, ii, 58 in water, 97 Anaemia due to parasites, 292 Analysis of air, 55 of milk, 145 of water, 84 Anemometers. 319 Aneroid barometers, 327 Angus Smith’s coating for pipes, 70 BAR Animals, amount of air for, 30 , cubic space for, 30 , diseases of, 136 , inspection of, 135 , water needed for, 63 Anthrax, 278 Anticyclone, 334 Antiscorbutics, 134, 158 Antiseptics, 282 Apparatus for water analysis, ^.9 Arithmetic mean, 361 Arnold's valve. 41 Arrowroot, 156 Artesian wells, 67 Artificial lighting, 21 ventilation, 42 Artisan dwellings, 203 Asbestos stoves, 48 Ascaris lumbricoides, 293 Ashes for mixing with excreta, 215 Ashpits, 216 Aspect of houses, 184, 196 Aspergillns glaticns, 148 Asses’ milks 142 Atmospheric pressure, 6, 323 ; effects of, 329 Atomic weights, table of, 368 Avena sativa, 153 Averages, 361 Bacilli, 254 Back-to-back houses, 185, 352 Bacteria in air, 17, 59 in soil, 179 in water, 81 Baking, 132 Ball-traps, 228 Banting, system of, 132 Barff’s iron, 70 Barley, 152 Barometers, aneroid, 327 , construction of, 323 , corrections for, 326 —, Fortin, 324 , glycerine, 327 , mercurial, 323 , recording, 328 , scale of, how to read, 325 , water, 327 Barometric gradient, 331 2 B