A manual of practical hygiene / by Edmund A. Parkes ; edited by F.S.B. Francois de Chaumont.

Date:
1878
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Credit: A manual of practical hygiene / by Edmund A. Parkes ; edited by F.S.B. Francois de Chaumont. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Sorghum saccharatum, '■ . . 251 Soojie, .... . 242 Specific diseases, prevention of, . 477 Specific diseases propagated by water, 44 Sphere, cubic contents of, . . 176 Spirillum in water, ... 64 Spirits, ..... 289 composition of, . . 290 * used in different countries, . 290 Splenic apoplexy in sheep, . . 209 Sponge as a filtering medium, . 33 Spongy iron as a filter, . . 35 iron does not favour growth of fungi, .... 65 Sporendo7iema casei, . . . 271 Spotted typhus, . . . 486 Sprengel pump, use of, . . 68 Spring water, composition of, . . 19 Springs, calculation of yield, . 8, 9 Stables, . . . .543 air of, . . . . 104 ventilation of, . . . 150 Standard barium nitrate solution for soap test, nitrate of silver solution, ' soap solution, . solution of ammonium chloride, solution of permanganate of potassium, sulphuric acid solution for carbonates, Starch grains of arrowroot, . 254, of barley, • of beans, of maize, of oat, .... of pea, .... of potato, ■ of rice, .... of rye, .... ■ of wheat, Starches and sugars, Starches, tabular synopsis of characters, Starchy substances, Stations, dressing, regimental, . . ' Statistics, in war, .... Steam pipes for warming, Stenlor, Stephanurus dentatus, . . 209 Stevenson's thermometer screen or stand.' Stewing of meat, St Helena, ... St Lucia, ' Stoddart on lime juice, . \ Stomach, affections of, from impure water, ' Storage, calculation of, ■ ■ of water, . . ' : Stoves, cast iron, dangers of, . i Stratus, Streams polluted by fascal matter, : Stromcyer on military conjunctivitis, . . Strongylus duodenalis, ■ filaria, ■ Slrychnospotatorum for purifying water . Stylonichia, • Sub-mains for water, » : Subsoil water, . , . 25 : Sugar, . , , ' : Sugars, ■ Sulphates in water, action on lead, .' 76 76 76 82 85 81 255 232 234 232 235 234 231 235 236 227 254 255 187 700 700 520 528 407 64 211 467 220 650 644 323 39 10 10 408 465 18] 101 59 209 30 64 13 330 256 187 16 PAGE Sulphates, effects of, . . • 42 Sulphides, metallic, as cause of goitre, 57 in water, tests for, . . 68 Sulphur, quantity required for fumi- gation, . . . .517 Sulphuretted hydrogen, effects of, in air, 119 hydrogen in air, . . 183 hydrogen in soil air, . . 327 hydrogen in water causing diarrhoea, ... 41 hydrogen in water, tests for, . 70 Sulphuric acid in water, determination of, by soap test, . . 80 acid by weight, . . 81 acid solution for carbonates, . 81 Sulphurous acid as air purifier, . 137 acid for preserving meat, . 221 acid gas, effects of, . . 120 acid in water, effects of, . 56 Sim's rays, effects of direct, . . 432 Sunstroke, rarity of, in mid-ocean, . 433 prevention of, . . . 494 Supply of water, constant and inter- mittent, . . . .12, Surface water, .... Suspended matters in air, matters in enclosed spaces, Sutherland on hard water, Sutton's method of ventilation. Siivem deodorant, . . 394, Swansea, sulphurous acid from copper works, . . . Sweet potato, . Sylvester on filtration through char coal, .... Sylvester's plan of ventilation, Syntonin, Syphilis, effects of, in producing aneu rism, .... Syphilis. See Venereal Diseases, Syphon traps, . 13 25 97 100 39 168 402 56 288 34 153 186 617 370 Table of useful measures, . 174, 175 to show discharge of air, . 178 Tabular view of qualitative tests in water, of quantitative determinations in water, Tacca or Otaheiti arrowroot, Taenia, marginata, mediocanellata, 209, Tallow-makers and bone-burners, Tanks, cleaning of, for water, materials of, Tank-worms in India, Tannin for purifying water, Tape worm, Tapioca, . . . . Taps, screw, required for constant water supply, Tartaric acid in urine, acid in scurvy, . Tasajos, Taylor, Inspector-General J. R., oii order of march, Tea, action of, adulterations of, as an article of diet, composition of. examination ofr 72 74 254 58 •212 211, 218 134 10 10 11 61 31 58 254 13 287 497 273 97 191 314 314 313 316