A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint

Hygeia was the name given the Greek goddess of health. In her statues she was always represented as a woman of perfect health and beauty, and was worshipped as the goddess of he...

GROUND WATER AND GROUND AIR FLUCTUATION OF DISTANCE OF GROUND WATER FROM SURFACE GROUND AIR FORCED INTO BREATHING ZONE DRAINAGE OF GROUND WATER ASSISTANCE IN PROCESS OF PURIFICA...

From a hygienic standpoint the building site bears a certain relation to health and this should not be overlooked. This is in perfect accord with the chiropractic philosophy as...

Air is a mixture of gases, not a chemical compound, which envelops the earth and it is estimated to be at least one hundred miles high. This gaseous envelope is known as the atm...

Ventilation as defined by Webster is, “To cause fresh air to circulate; to cause inside resident impure air to be removed and replaced with fresh, pure air, whether it be in bui...

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS HEAT FROM HYGIENIC STANDPOINT COMBUSTION MOLECULAR THEORY BODY HEAT HOW MAINTAINED AT CONSTANT TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE OF BODY HEAT ON HOUSE AIR INFLUENCE O...

The subjects of heating, lighting and ventilating will be treated purely from a hygienic standpoint and in no sense from the standpoint of engineering. The proper manner of heat...

The eye has a great range of adaptability to the intensity of light. This is evidenced by the fact that the eye is readily adapted to the intensity of the bright sunlight or to...

SURFACE WATER STREAMS LAKES IMPOUNDING RESERVOIRS SOURCES OF IMPURITIES IN SURFACE SUPPLY GROUND OR SUBSOIL WATER WELL WATER SPRING WATER TEMPERATURE IN WELLS SHALLOW AND DEEP W...

One of the most important requisites in maintaining the organization of the material in the living body is a proper supply of water. It is absolutely indispensable to the expres...

In the consideration of school hygiene we will first briefly discuss the school building. Its site should be carefully chosen. It should be reasonably high; the soil should be p...

That branch of hygiene dealing with industries is of very great importance. This will be readily recognized when we consider that practically the entire population is involved i...

DIS-EASE CLASSIFICATION ACUTE AND CHRONIC STAGE OF EXPOSURE PERIOD OF INFECTION STAGE OF INCUBATION PERIOD OF INVASION DEGREE OF INFECTION CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS MORBIFIC AGENTS...

Webster defines dis-ease as, “an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, or a particular...

Immunity is defined as the ability of Innate Intelligence to maintain metabolic equilibrium in the body in the environments in which man finds himself; or that power of Innate I...

The average individual, who thinks of the cause of dis-ease and then associates germs as that cause, probably does not realize that the germ theory of the cause of dis-ease only...

When an object is contaminated with so-called pathogenic germs it is said to be infected. To disinfect an object it is necessary to destroy the microörganisms. The destruction o...

In case of incoördination in the body there are always existing conditions which require educated adaptation. It is the study of these conditions to which the sickroom hygiene a...

Food is defined as nutritive material absorbed or taken into the body of an organism for purposes of growth or repair and for the maintenance of the vital processes. Food is der...

In most instances such poisoning comes from food that is preserved in some way. Very seldom do we find this poisoning in fresh foods. Such prepared foods as chopped meats, sausa...

Milk contains all the elements necessary in a balanced diet for the adult and furnishes an almost perfect food for the suckling. Milk is lacking in iron and roughage and is ther...

Meat is used as an article of food by most of the civilized races. It, however, as a universal diet, is of quite recent origin. Since the modern, efficient refrigerating process...

Chiropractic has nothing to do with obstetrics, but the chiropractor should be informed on the subject of child hygiene. It must be remembered that our idea is not to substitute...

The age at which the child begins to cut teeth varies greatly in the different individuals with no apparent reason. There are twenty deciduous or milk teeth and they make their...

One of the most baffling situations the chiropractor meets is in caring for sick babies. There are several reasons for this: The baby can give no assistance in the way of subjec...

are likely to keep urging the chiropractor to do something and thus unduly influence him unless he is accustomed to such cases. If the child is in pain and crying it is likely t...

The recoil is used in adjusting a child the same as in adjusting an adult. The young infant can be placed upon the knees of the mother or nurse instead of being placed on an adj...

Children and infants are subject to the same general class of dis-eases as are adults and there are no dis-eases which are particularly peculiar to childhood. The incoördination...

Incoördinations of the stomach alone are less frequent in infancy than are those of the intestines. Usually the stomach and intestines are involved at the same time and it becom...

This condition may result from a lack of the proper amount of food and from unhygienic conditions. However, it is often found among the children who should be properly nourished...