Prophylaxis Personal Hygiene

Author : Solomon Solis Cohen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332049646
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book A System of Physiologic Therapeutics, Vol. 5 written by Solomon Solis Cohen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A System of Physiologic Therapeutics, Vol. 5: A Practical Exposition of the Methods, Other Than Drug-Giving, Useful in the Prevention of the Disease and in the Treatment of the Sick; Prophylaxis Personal Hygiene, Civic Hygiene Care of the Sick The following pages contain an epitome of what is essentially the Natural History of Medicine; including the important facts, thus far learned, regarding the origin, dissemination, and prevention of disease. Beyond its place in the System of which it is a part, the work virtually forms an Introduction to the Science of Medicine. It treats especially of the Preservation of Health and the Prevention of Disease, seeking a basis for intelligent prophylaxis in a study of morbid processes and their causation; but this has necessitated a wide range of inquiry. The discussion of Etiology must take into account the psychic as well as the physical characteristics of men; the heredity as well as the constitution of the individual; the intrinsic failures and perversions, as well as the environmental factors, that may disturb mind and body. The artificial conditions of civilization, the diversity, complexity, and strenuosity of the activities of modern life, the reciprocal influences of individuals upon communities and of communities upon individuals, render it necessary, alike in the study of Personal Hygiene and of Public Health, to consider - at least by allusion - many aspects of Sociology; involving questions of Economics, of Engineering, of Manufacturing, of Architecture, of Pedagogics, of Commercial Intercourse, of Taxation, of Municipal Government. Certain fundamentals of Pathology must be presented, together with the principal facts of Epidemiology, much of Parasitology, and - in view of recent discoveries as to the conveyance of infection by insects - something of Entomology. The Care of the Sick room is a primary factor in the restriction of epidemics, and in no other connection can Nursing, an important branch of Therapeutics, so appropriately be discussed from the physician's viewpoint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.