General Hygiene (Classic Reprint)

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The personal welfare of each individual depends largely on the efficiency of his bodily machinery. The effects of mental and moral habits on the health of the body have long been known, but the recognition of the effects of bodily health upon the mind and the moral character is of recent date. Bodily health is readily within the control of either the individual himself or his parents. The modern science of hygiene and sanitation is founded upon the idea of personal responsibility of each individual for both the transmission and the acquisition of most diseases.

The experiences of sailors and of explorers in uninhabited lands prove that a small number of healthy persons, separated from the rest of their fellows, and moving from place to place, will be remarkably free from diseases and infirmities in spite of hardships and exposure. The preservation of the same degree of healthfulness in the midst of crowded communities is one of the greatest problems of modern life; and it will be solved only when every person acquires a knowledge of the elementary principles of modern hygiene and sanitation. This is a textbook on the general subjects of hygiene and sanitation.

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