Project Gutenberg 2005-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 328 Councilman, W. T. (William Thomas) 1854 1933 Councilman, William Thomas Councilman, Wm. T. (William Thomas) Disease and Its Causes E-text prepared by Robert Shimmin, Carol David, Joshua Hutchinson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Disease and Its Causes" by W. T. Councilman is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work presents an in-depth exploration of disease as a complex interaction of living organisms with their environment, discussing various factors contributing to health and disease. It is particularly focused on infectious diseases and their underlying mechanisms, offering insights into how various bodies respond to these conditions. The opening of the book establishes the foundation for understanding disease by defining it as a deviation from a harmonious relationship between living organisms and their environment. Councilman discusses the fundamental properties of living matter, emphasizing that cells are the basic units of life and that they adapt to their surroundings. The text begins with the definition of disease, the characteristics of living cells, and the intricate relations between living organisms and their external context. It also touches on the significance of environmental factors in the development of diseases, and sets the stage for a more detailed examination of specific conditions and their implications in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation RB Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine 391664 2025-08-06T13:23:27.479277 text/html 391705 2020-12-14T06:53:47 text/html 957935 2025-08-06T13:23:37.408671 application/epub+zip 962538 2025-08-06T13:23:31.737239 application/epub+zip 198321 2025-08-06T13:23:29.586208 application/epub+zip 1605745 2025-08-06T13:23:40.823660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1585921 2025-08-06T13:23:35.692686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342412 2022-09-07T20:55:57.443193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362808 2025-08-06T13:23:26.725280 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 362472 2020-12-14T06:53:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 362546 2020-12-14T06:53:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20162 2025-08-06T13:23:40.948727 application/rdf+xml 15256 2025-08-06T13:23:30.097229 image/jpeg 4033 2025-08-06T13:23:29.841235 image/jpeg 124090 2020-12-14T06:53:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 879421 2020-12-14T06:53:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 124046 2020-12-14T06:53:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 954110 2025-08-06T13:23:27.564253 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia