ABSTRACT

First published in 1927, this book provides a complete study of the beginnings and early development of preventive medicine. It looks at the subject’s underlying principles and discusses the prominent writers of the past. Topics cover infection, plague, science and medicine, poverty and preventive medicine and the prevention of cholera, amongst others.

chapter I|5 pages

Introductory

chapter IV|7 pages

The Beginning of Emancipation

chapter V|6 pages

Stages in and Obstacles to Progress

chapter VI|15 pages

Relation of Science to Medicine

chapter VIII|9 pages

The Growth of our Knowledge of Infection

chapter IX|10 pages

Epidemic Constitutions and Epidemiology

chapter X|8 pages

Early Struggles Against Plague

chapter XI|5 pages

Contagium Vivum

chapter XII|13 pages

Sanitation and Social Improvement

chapter XIV|8 pages

Poverty and Preventive Medicine

chapter XV|9 pages

The Prevention of “Fever”

chapter XVI|11 pages

The Prevention of “Fever” (continued).

chapter XVII|13 pages

The Prevention of Cholera

chapter XVIII|12 pages

Disinfection in Preventive Medicine

chapter XIX|13 pages

Immunisation Against Infection

chapter XXI|13 pages

Food and Drink in Relation to Health

chapter XXII|10 pages

Infantile Hygiene

chapter XXIII|7 pages

Modern Preventive Medicine