Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology: A Popular Treatise on Personal Hygiene in the Hotter Parts of the World, and on the Climates That Will Be Met Within Them.Giles, George Michael James
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Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology: A Popular Treatise on Personal Hygiene in the Hotter Parts of the World, and on the Climates That Will Be Met Within Them.
Giles, George Michael James
Hygiene -- Popular works; Medical climatology; Tropical medicine
Haffkine’s plague protective emulsion, 160
Hands, swelling of, in hot climates, 32
Hankin, 131, 137
Haqims, or “native doctors,” 126
Heat stroke, 174-176
Hill diarrhœa, 149-150
Hill stations--
Children, advisability of sending, to, 79-81
Sickness in, prevalence of, 81
Himalayas, prevalence of diarrhœa in, 149
Hindu repugnance for meat, 60
Hindu _kahar_, reasons for employment of, 38-39
Honduras, plan of houses in, 5
Hookworm, 181-182
Hornets, 115
Horse sickness, prevention of, Mr. Power’s experiments, 113
Hospitals, plague, 160
Houses in tropical countries--
_Chang_ houses, 5-6
Cooling, after heat of the day, methods of, 69-70
Flooring, materials suitable for, 15
Indian bungalow, ground plan of, showing well placed doors and
windows, 7; sketch of common type, 10; plan showing adaptation of
Celli method of wire gauze protection, 121, 122
Light, question of, 9-10, 60, 69
Materials appropriate for building, 14-15
Plan, suggested, for house of moderate dimensions, 20-21
Plinth, construction of, 3-5
Principles of building, epitome of, 19-20
Roofing materials, 15-18
Rooms, height of, necessary, 11-12
Site, suitable, choice of, 1-3
Storeys, number of, desirable, 4-5, 12
Ventilation of, 6-9, 13, 68-69
Verandahs, function of and building of, 10-11
Wire gauze protection of openings, method of, 118-123, 166
Hutchison, Robert, M.D., on “Patented Food and Patent Medicines,”
_quoted_, 61-62, _notes_
Hydrochloric acid, 161
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