Preventive Medicine: Two Prize Essays; The General Principles of Preventive Medicine, And, the Medical Inspection of Schools, a Problem in Preventive Medicine (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In reacting against its environment, a living organism acquires its development, so that the ceaseless struggle immutably bound up with life is not without advantages. So long as the organ ism is able to maintain the equilibrium of its func tions, the condition is described as health All creatures, however, are only capable of reacting against a special and very limited environment, and the base of health's equilibrium is, therefore, a relatively narrow one.

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