Air, water and food from a sanitary standpoint / by Ellen H. Richards and Alpheus G. Woodman.

  • Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.
Date:
[1904], [©1904]
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Credit: Air, water and food from a sanitary standpoint / by Ellen H. Richards and Alpheus G. Woodman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    This knowledge is now easily obtained through the city, State and government laboratories, and their publications are accessible to all who can read and write. There is, there- fore, no excuse for general ignorance and credulity as to trade preparations of foods, any more than for the degrading habit of purchasing patent medicines to remedy the ills caused by the misuse of food. Both together form the sad- dest commentary on human weakness and lack of rational thought