Manual of hygiene for students / [John Glaister].

  • Glaister, John, 1856-1932
Date:
1920
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Credit: Manual of hygiene for students / [John Glaister]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In preparing a second edition the author gratefully acknowledges the kindly and appreciative reviews which were made of the first edition. That the book met the wants of readers was evidenced by the rapidity with which it was taken up by those for whom it was written. Nothing requires to be added to the original preface on the question of the ever-increasing importance of a know¬ ledge of personal and general hygiene by the public and by those engaged in dealing with disease. It is sufficient to say that more and more does the State recognise the value of the enforcement of the principles of disease- prevention in local and general statutes. This edition has been carefully revised. It has not been thought necessary or advisable, in view of the know¬ ledge required of those for whom the book is specially intended, to institute large changes. At the same time, additional chapters have been added to make the work more complete, and various annotations have been inter¬ polated in the text, with the object of increasing the usefulness of the book without unduly extending its scope. The author hopes, therefore, that it may continue to receive that measure of appreciation which was ex¬ tended to the former edition. University of Glasgow, 1904. iv t