Project Gutenberg 2019-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 241 Newsholme, Arthur, Sir 1857 1943 Newsholme, Sir Arthur Hygiene: a manual of personal and public health (New Edition) Introductory -- Food -- The varieties of food -- Diseases due to food -- Diet -- The preparation and preservation of food -- Condiments and beverages -- Fermented drinks -- Water -- The storage and delivery of water -- Impurities of water -- Origin and effects of the impurities of water -- The purification of water -- Composition and properties of air -- Suspended impurities of air -- Gaseous and other impurities of air -- Trade nuisances -- The examination of air -- The purification of air -- General principles of ventilation -- Problems as to ventilation -- Methods of ventilation -- Ventilation by the introduction of warmed air -- The warming of houses -- House drainage -- Cesspools and main sewers -- Problems as to flow in sewers -- The disposal of sewage -- Conservancy methods -- Position of the house -- The materials used in the construction of a house -- Construction of the house -- The soil -- Climate and weather -- Meteorological observations -- Personal hygiene -- Personal hygiene: exercise -- Personal hygiene: rest and sleep -- Personal hygiene: cleanliness -- Clothing -- Parasites -- The rôle of insects in spreading disease -- Infective diseases -- Acute infective diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Notification and isolation -- Disinfection -- Vital statistics. Produced by MWS, Bryan Ness, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Hygiene: a manual of personal and public health" by Arthur Newsholme is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a comprehensive guide to hygiene principles, focusing on the importance of personal and public health practices. It explores the relationships between nutrition, environmental conditions, and health, highlighting preventive measures against diseases to improve health standards. The opening of the book sets the foundation for understanding hygiene by tracing its historical significance and evolution. It draws connections between classical mythology’s figures representing health and early health practices detailed in the Mosaic law. Newsholme discusses the historical prevalence of infectious diseases and poor health conditions among populations due to ignorance of hygiene principles, while emphasizing the significant progress made over the last century in disease prevention and health improvement. As he introduces the key components of hygiene—food, water, and air—Newsholme prepares the reader for a detailed exploration of hygienic practices essential for individual and community health. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Hygiene Sanitation Public health -- Great Britain RA Text Category: Health & Medicine Category: Nutrition Category: Environmental Issues 1217084 2025-06-23T10:43:34.116199 text/html 1180282 2018-12-31T17:23:14 text/html 1754634 2025-06-23T10:43:55.987151 application/epub+zip 1752209 2025-06-23T10:43:37.746177 application/epub+zip 541096 2025-06-23T10:43:35.961198 application/epub+zip 2050725 2025-06-23T10:44:07.778073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1974559 2025-06-23T10:43:53.627129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 771171 2022-09-26T15:15:23.041513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1048745 2025-06-23T10:43:30.531203 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1049017 2018-12-31T17:23:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20558 2025-06-23T10:44:08.474006 application/rdf+xml 18023 2025-06-23T10:43:36.193226 image/jpeg 1717 2025-06-23T10:43:36.078230 image/jpeg 366984 2018-12-31T17:23:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1616534 2018-12-31T17:23:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 1635334 2025-06-23T10:43:34.432239 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