Preventable Diseases
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PREVENTABLE DISEASES
BY
WOODS HUTCHINSON, A.M., M.D.
THE CONQUEST OF CONSUMPTION. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00 net. Postage extra. PREVENTABLE DISEASES. 12mo, $1.50 net. Postage 13 cents. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston and New York
CONTENTS
PREVENTABLE DISEASES
CHAPTER I
THE BODY-REPUBLIC AND ITS DEFENSE
CHAPTER II
OUR LEGACY OF HEALTH: THE POWER OF HEREDITY IN THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE
CHAPTER III
THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF DISEASE: WHAT A DOCTOR CAN TELL FROM APPEARANCES
CHAPTER IV
COLDS AND HOW TO CATCH THEM
CHAPTER V
ADENOIDS, OR MOUTH-BREATHING: THEIR CAUSE AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER VI
TUBERCULOSIS, A SCOTCHED SNAKE
I
CHAPTER VII
TUBERCULOSIS, A SCOTCHED SNAKE
II
CHAPTER VIII
THE GREAT SCOURGE
CHAPTER IX
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TYPHOID FEVER
CHAPTER X
DIPHTHERIA
CHAPTER XI
THE HERODS OF OUR DAY: SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES, AND WHOOPING-COUGH
CHAPTER XII
APPENDICITIS, OR NATURE'S REMNANT SALE
CHAPTER XIII
MALARIA: THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS; THE GREATEST FOE OF THE PIONEER
CHAPTER XIV
RHEUMATISM: WHAT IT IS, AND PARTICULARLY WHAT IT ISN'T
CHAPTER XV
GERM-FOES THAT FOLLOW THE KNIFE, OR DEATH UNDER THE FINGER-NAIL
CHAPTER XVI
CANCER, OR TREASON IN THE BODY-STATE
CHAPTER XVII
HEADACHE: THE MOST USEFUL PAIN IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER XVIII
NERVES AND NERVOUSNESS
CHAPTER XIX
MENTAL INFLUENCE IN DISEASE, OR HOW THE MIND AFFECTS THE BODY
INDEX
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