First published in 1929, this book is a continuation of Arthur Newsholme's Evolution of Preventive Medicine, published in 1927, which was concerned with the possibilities in progress of prevention of disease, up to the middle of the nineteenth century. The current volume focuses on the modern period and looks at the work of Louis Pasteur in particular. It provides a complete overview of the subject of preventive medicine at the time, and should be used as the basis for more detailed study. The book will be useful to those in medical circles, as well as historians interested in medicine.
Autorentext
Sir Arthur Newsholme
Zusammenfassung
First published in 1929, this book is a continuation of Arthur Newsholme's Evolution of Preventive Medicine, published in 1927, which was concerned with the possibilities in progress of prevention of disease, up to the middle of the nineteenth century. The current volume focuses on the modern period and looks at the work of Louis Pasteur in particular. It provides a complete overview of the subject of preventive medicine at the time, and should be used as the basis for more detailed study. The book will be useful to those in medical circles, as well as historians interested in medicine.
Inhalt
Preface; Part I The Prevention of Specific Diseases; Chapter I Introductory Considerations; Chapter II Causation of Disease; Chapter III The Earlier Work of Pasteur and His Predecessors; Chapter IV The First and Greatest Triumph in Application of the Germ Theory; Chapter V Earlier Discoveries in Bacteriology; Chapter VI Earlier Attempts at Specific Prophylaxis; Chapter VII The Prevention of Rabies; Chapter VIII The Prevention of Diphtheria; Chapter IX Bacteriology in Relation to Immunity And To Diagnosis; Chapter X The Prevention of Cholera; Chapter XI The Prevention of Enteric or Typhoid Fever; Chapter XII The Prevention of Undulant (Malta or Mediterranean) Fever; Chapter XIII The Prevention of Louse-Borne Diseases; Chapter XIV Hookworm Disease (Ankylostomiasis); Chapter XV The Prevention of Plague; Chapter XVI Filariasis and Texas Fever; Chapter XVII The Prevention of Malaria; Chapter XVIII The Prevention of Yellow Fever; Chapter XIX The Prevention of Venereal Diseases; Chapter XX The Prevention of Tuberculosis; Part 2 Some Physical and Social Conditions of Health; Chapter XXI Air and Ventilation; Chapter XXII Fog, Smoke, Sunlight; Chapter XXIII Housing and Occupation; Part 3 Some Physiological Conditions Of Health; Chapter XXIV The Prevention of Goitre and Cretinism; Chapter XXV Excesses and Deficiencies or Food; Chapter XXVI Hormones and Vitamins; Chapter XXVII The Prevention of Rickets; Chapter XXVIII The Prevention of Scurvy, Beri-beri and Xerophthalmia; Chapter XXIX Prevention of the Alcoholic Evil;