Tropical hygiene for Anglo-Indians and Indians / by The Hon'ble Surgn.-Genl. Sir Pardey Lukis and Major R. J. Blackham.

  • Lukis, Charles Pardey, Sir, 1857-1917.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Tropical hygiene for Anglo-Indians and Indians / by The Hon'ble Surgn.-Genl. Sir Pardey Lukis and Major R. J. Blackham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    TROPICAL HYGIENE, CHAPTER I. The Communicable Diseases of the Tropics. When man learnt how to protect himself from wild beasts he made the first step in civilisation. To-day man is learning how to protect himself against microbes—it is a step of equal importance. A day zvill come when in Berlin, London and in Paris a man will not die of Diph- theria, of Typhoid, of Scarlet Fever, of Cholera, of Tuberculosis, any more than he does in these cities to-day from the venom of snakes or the teeth of wolves.—Frankland's Pasteur, p. 129. SANITATION has been defined as a science which has for its object to make growth more perfect, decay less rapid, life more vigorous and death more remote. The climate of India during the hot weather months and the rainy season, undoubtedly causes discomfort to Europeans, but, with ordinary care, there is no reason why they should not enjoy as good health in India as they could reasonably expect to secure in England ; on the other hand, many a valuable life has been thrown away owing to the neglect of a few simple precautions, the necessity for which is only learned by bitter experience. The object of this book is to point out the chief dangers to which residents in India are exposed, and the best way of avoiding them. In India, even more than elsewhere, it is especially true that prevention is better than cure. It is