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An inquiry into the propagation of contagious poisons, by the atmosphere
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- AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPAGATION OF CONTAGIOUS POISONS, BY THE ATMOSPHERE; AS ALSO INTO THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF VITIATED AIR, ITS FORMS AND SOURCES, AND OTHER CAUSES OF PESTILENCE; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR AVOIDING THE ACTION OF CONTAGION, AND OBSERVATIONS ON SOME MEANS FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH: PREFACE. 0:00
- CONTENTS. 1:52
- PART I. INTRODUCTION. 1:57
- PART I. — CHAPTER I. PREVALENCE OF DOCTRINE OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, INJURY TO PATIENT, ATTENDANTS AND VISITORS. 9:45
- PART I. — CHAPTER II. MEDICINE RETARDED—FORMS OF CONTAGION. 25:38
- PART I. — CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL SKETCH. 35:02
- PART I. — CHAPTER IV. THE ABSENCE OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION. 50:19
- PART I. — CHAPTER V. CONTAGIOUS POISONS—NON-SOLUTION IN THE AIR—RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS. 55:33
- PART I. — CHAPTER VII. CONTAGIOUS POISONS, COMPARED WITH YEAST—DOES THAT AGENT ASSUME THE AERIFORM STATE? 1:10:02
- PART II. CHAPTER I. THE NEGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION FROM THE HISTORY AND ACTUAL OBSERVATION OF DISEASE. 1:18:00
- PART II. — CHAPTER II. THE EVIDENCE DRAWN FROM DISEASE ATTACKING THE RELATIVES, ATTENDANTS, AND VISITORS OF THE SICK, IN FAVOUR OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, CONSIDERED—FACTS EXPLAINED. 1:33:03
- PART II. — CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENT DRAWN IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPAGATION OF DISEASE BY ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION, FROM DISEASE APPEARING IN PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY HOUSES AND LOCALITIES TO WHICH PERSONS SICK, OR LATELY SO, HAVE BEEN REMOVED. 1:59:45
- PART II. — CHAPTER IV. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONTAGION TRAVELS, OR IS COMMUNICATED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 2:03:29
- PART II. — CHAPTER V. ON VITIATED AIR. 2:13:25
- PART II. — CHAPTER VI. AIR VITIATED BY ADMIXTURE WITH EFFLUVIA ARISING FROM THE DECOMPOSITION OF VEGETABLE MATTER ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. 2:36:37
- PART II. — CHAPTER VII. MALIGNANT FEVER. 2:56:41
- PART II. — CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL DISEASED CONDITION OF THE BODY, THE PRODUCT OF MALARIA. 3:04:02
- PART II. — CHAPTER IX. OTHER CASES OF PESTILENCE—FAMINE—UNWHOLESOME FOOD AND DRINK. 3:14:00
- PART II. — CHAPTER X. CAUSES OF PESTILENCE CONTINUED—COLD, WANT OF CLOTHING, AND SHELTER—DEPRESSION OF MIND—INFLUENCE OF WEATHER, CLIMATE, HABITS, &C. 3:31:36
- PART II. — CHAPTER XI. THE AVOIDANCE OF DISEASES MARKED WITH PALPABLE CONTAGIOUS POISONS—THE LIMITED RANGE OF ACTION OF CONTAGION. 3:49:55
- PART II. — CHAPTER XII. THE PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF VITIATED AIR. 3:59:07
- PART II. — CHAPTER XIII. THE PREVENTION OF VITIATED AIR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD—OFFALS—CONSTRUCTION OF TOWNS, HOUSES, SEWERS, &C. 4:23:45
- PART II. — CHAPTER XIV. PREVENTION OF DISEASE BY AN ACTIVE AND CHEERFUL STATE OF MIND, SUFFICIENT CLOTHING, AND WHOLESOME DIET. 4:46:28
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