The Hygienic Prevention of Consumption (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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IN this country little attention has, until quite recently, been given to the question of the prevention of Con sumption, and it is in the hope of increasing the interest in this branch of Sanitary Science that this Short work is Offered to the Profession, and to all who are interested in Preventive Hygiene.

That Consumption depends largely upon conditions which are preventible, is becoming universally recognised by the medical profession; and it is believed that a collection Of the hygienic rules on which preventive measures must be based will be found useful.

That the importance of these hygienic rules may be appreciated, however, and their application in special cases judiciously insisted upon, it is necessary to under stand the nature of the disease against which they are directed. Part I. Has accordingly been devoted to a sketch of the nature of Consumption, giving in brief compass, so far as the nature and limits Of the work will allow, a summary Of our knowledge Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

The section on Local Predisposition in the Lungs (chap. VI.) is chiefly based upon a paper read by me before the Harveian Society Of London on Pulmonary Affections which may lead to Phthisis.

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