Hygiene: a manual of personal and public health / by Arthur Newsholme.

  • Newsholme, Arthur, Sir, 1857-1943.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Hygiene: a manual of personal and public health / by Arthur Newsholme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SYLLABUS OF THE SCIENCE & ART DEPARTMENT, SOUTH KENSINGTON. SUBJECT XX V.—HYGIENE. Elementary Stage. 1. Food, Diet, and CooTcing.—Classification and uses of food substances. Animal food, vegetable food, condiments; Diet, requisites for mainten- ance ; Cooking, roasting, and boiling ; Advantageous preparation of food; Cooking apparatus. 2. Water and Beverages.—Different kinds of water, sources of water, good drinking water ; Sources of contamination of water and its deleterious effects ; Cisterns and wells; Tea, coffee, and cocoa—preparation and effects ; Fermented drinks—effects. 3. Air.—Amount of air necessary for eacb person; Movements of air brought about by changes of density; Composition of air; Impurities of air; Deleterious gases. 4. Removal of Waste and Impurities.—Principles of ventilation ; Natural ventilation ; Washing and soap ; Kemoval of parasites ; Danger of dirt. 5. Shelter and Warming. —Materials of clothing ; Sufficiency of clothing for infants and adults. 6. Local Conditions.—Soil, and its drainage ; Aspect; Elevation.—Hill, plain, and valley; Distance from the sea; Influence of surrounding objects ; Winds. 7. Personal Hygiene.—Habits ; exercise, rest, and sleep, cleanliness, attention to the action of the skin and bowels. 8. Treatment of Slight Wounds and Accidents.—Treatment of cuts, burns, scalds, bleeding, fits, drowning, suffocation, poisoning, bites, and stings. Advanced Stage. 1. Food and Adulterations.—Economical and wasteful diets; Calculation of diets. 2. Water and Beverages.—Examination of water filters; Constant and intermittent systems of service ; Aerated waters and other beverages. 3. Examination of Air: Chemical and Microscopical. 4. Removal of Waste and Impurities.—Artificial ventilation; Closets, sinks, and baths ; Good and bad drains ; Construction and ventilation ; Traps of drains ; Dry and wet methods of removal of sewage ; Cesspools and main sewers ; Sewer gas and septic organisms ; Antiseptics, deodorizers.