Elements of Hygiene and Public Health
For the Use of Medical Students and Practitioners
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 1920
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Rai Bahadur Jaising P. Modi
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 7 3 4 - 0
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 8 9 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 2 3 7 - 0
Elements of Hygiene and Public Health: For the Use of Medical Students and Practitioners, Second Edition explores India’s hygiene and public health status. This book is composed… Read more
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Request a sales quoteElements of Hygiene and Public Health: For the Use of Medical Students and Practitioners, Second Edition explores India’s hygiene and public health status. This book is composed of 24 chapters. The first four chapters deal with the elements of hygiene, including water, air, ventilation, heating, and cooling. The subsequent chapters discuss industrial hygiene, occupational diseases, offensive trades, hospitals, school hygiene, and some infectious diseases. These topics are followed by surveys of other elements of hygiene and public health, such as food, refuse disposal, and personal hygiene. The remaining chapters tackle the issue of village sanitation, sanitary arrangements for fairs, the chief cause of the spread of cholera in Northern India, and the measures recommended for famine and segregation. This book will prove useful to medical practitioners, sanitary inspectors, health personnel, and medical students.
Chapter I.—WaterChapter II.—AirChapter III.—VentilationChapter IV.-Heating and CoolingChapter V.—Industrial Hygiene and Occupational DiseasesChapter VI.—Offensive TradesChapter VII.—Soils and Dwelling HousesChapter VIII.—HospitalsChapter IX.—School HygieneChapter X.—Climatology and MeteorologyChapter XI.—FoodChapter XII.—Food—ContinuedChapter XIIl.—The Disposal of RefuseChapter XIV.—Personal HygieneChapter XV.—Infection, Immunity, and PreventionChapter XVI.—Malaria, Yellow Fever, and DengueChapter XVII.—PlagueChapter XVIII.—The Housefly, and the Diseases Conveyed by ItChapter XIX.—Cholera, Dysentery, and Typhoid FeverChapter XX.—Relapsing Fever, Typhus Fever, Kala-Azar, Leprosy, and HydrophobiaChapter XXI.—Small-Pox, Chicken-Pox, Measles, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, and InfluenzaChapter XXII.—Village SanitationChapter XXIII.—Fairs, Famine Camps, and Poor HousesChapter XXIV.—Vital StatisticsAppendix A.—Model Bye-LawsAppendix B.—Disinfection of a Municipal Water-SupplyAppendix C.—Note on Water-Supplies to Famine CampsAppendix D.—Measures to Be Adopted on the Occurrence of Cholera in Famine CampsAppendix E.—Directions for Tuberculous Patients Going to Bhowali SanatoriumAppendix F.—Directions for Patients Proceeding to Kasauli for Anti-Rabic TreatmentAppendix G.—Books of Reference
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 1, 1920
- No. of pages (eBook): 516
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9781483197340
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483208947
- eBook ISBN: 9781483222370
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