Health in the tropics, or, Sanitary art applied to Europeans in India / by W.J. Moore.

Date:
1862
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Credit: Health in the tropics, or, Sanitary art applied to Europeans in India / by W.J. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    k PARK Heat a Safeguaril against Disease—Bounty of Providence—Indian Conservancy 'Establishments — Regulations concerning Sanitary Officer—Disposal of Ordure—Bazaars—Public Latrines—Sanitation ' to be'Compulsory in Indian Villages near Cantonments—Deodorising Agents J Charcoal. . • • • • ^^'^ CHAPTER XVI. ON WATER, Composition of Water—Importance of Water in Animal Economy— ' Importance of examining all Water, particularly in Tropical Cli- mates—Rain Water—River Water—Well Water—Tank Water— Marsh, or S^guant Water—Diseases arising from Impure Water : Malarious Fever; Goitre; Paralysis—Action of Water on Lead: Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Cholera; Guinea-Worm; Other Entozoa; Yellow Fever; Stone in the Bladder; Dyspepsia; Gout—Tests for Water—Purification of Water : Strychnos potatorum . . 161 CHAPTER XVII. ON CHOLERA. Sporadic and Malignant Cholera: Origin and Dissemination ; Meteorolo- gical Causes; Local Causes—Cholera Infests the Ground—Cholera Fffices will induce Cholera—Water a Medium of Cholera—Cholera in the Black Sea Fleet—Want of Sanitation causes Cholera—Dangers of Sewers beneath Dwellings: Mr. Simon's Opinion—Prevention of Cholera—Sanitation insisted upon—Movements of Troops insisted on—Cholera in India follows the great lines of Human Intercourse : Deduction—Good Results and Dangers from Railroads—Hindoo Pilgrimages a Cause of Cholera—Measures to be adopted when Troops cannot be marched away from Cliolera—Officers not so liable to Cholera as the Men ... . 175 CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE soldiers' DIET. Value of different Articles of li'ood—Composition of Diets: Sufficiency or otherwise; Suspected Effects—Real Causes of Fatty Degeneration —Indian meat: Prejudices of the Hindoos against killing Beef; Horse-flesh; Pork—Tape-worm—Characteristics of good Meat—The Measle—Vegetables : Importance of Potatoes—Bread; Faiilts of Bread ; Reform in the manufacture of Bread required; Indian method of Fermentation ; Fermentation not necessary ; Sponginoss of Bread a sine qud non; Aiirated Bread reconmiended; Indian Bakeries; Gritty Bread; Evil Results from Gritty Bread—Decayed Teeth;