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THIS book, which is a fourth edition of the “Principles of Hygiene,” although designed for the examinations of the Board of Education, covers a wide field, and should be of considerable value to medical practitioners and others who wish to gain a general knowledge of, without going deeply into, the subject. An excellent account is given of various dietetic substances, wines, tea, coffee, bread, meat, butter, &c, their actions, uses and adulterations. Some good advice is given respecting sleep and its attainment, but the suggestion that 5–10 grains of chloral maybe taken in extreme cases of insomnia is decidedly one that should have been omitted. Ventilation and heating are dealt with more fully than is usual in books of the size; and there is a good account of drainage and sanitary appliances. Chemical methods for the disposal of sewage are condemned, while a concise account of the various bacterial systems is given. The author adopts a classification of his own of the specific infective diseases, which has many points to recommend it; and the information given seems to be well up to date, e.g. the transmission of malaria and of yellow fever by the mosquito. Altogether, the book is one which may be recommended, not only to the beginner, but also to the advanced student, for much information is introduced which is usually only met with in the larger text-books.
Hygiene for Students.
By Edward F. Willoughby Pp. xx+563. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1901.) Price 4s. 6d.
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H., R. Hygiene for Students . Nature 66, 342 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066342c0
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