Diarrhea and Dysentery from Impure Water. -- the instances of outbreaks of these two diseases from contaminated water supply are very numerous, and probably most persons can recall examples of this kind. The impurities which produce diarrhea and dysentery are suspended earthy matters, such as are found in most river waters after a rain; suspended animal and vegetable material; salty thing chlorides of Lyme and Magnesia, and nitrate of ammonia and of lime. Besides the numerous outbreaks traceable to direct sewage contamination, there are several instances recorded of indirect poisoning the water supply from this source, as in the following curious case.
Just as a note about the style of writing or documentation, this paragraph seems to be unnecessary as a stand alone topic. Instead it is basically a transition paragraph, yet the author chooses to use it as a stand alone sub topic instead of just using it to work his way from one topic to a very slight tangent in the next topic. This would again seem to reflect the author’s possible motivation for not only being paid by the word but also with a stipend for important bolded topics. This surely does not seem to be practical like following a guide on replacing coilovers in a car or fixing a plumbing problem, and it must have driven some readers nuts as they used this book in semi-emergencies looking for the answer to serious problems only to be distracted by useless sections like this.
Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:
- Positive Thinking, Positive Environmental Factors and Your Health
So I am on a road trip this weekend, and I’m heading to St. Louis from the Atlanta area. I’m using voice recognition software to write this article, and I don’t really have access to the book of medicine while driving.
Voice recognition allows me to write articles with a hands-free headset and so basically I can have a conversation with myself and it appears as an article to you!
I’ve seen a few dozen or a least a half dozen, I may be exaggerating, fender bender’s on the interstate today including one vehicle fire which was pretty massive. It did appear that everyone was okay. There are a lot of carpet, textile, and home lighting stores and warehouses on this section of I75 leaving Atlanta.
Regardless the damage to vehicles was definitely done and there are going to be a lot of people heading up to body supply shops for new auto parts.
So I’m getting ready to head up the mountains or head up into the mountains as I leave Chattanooga behind and head towards Nashville on Interstate 24. It is a stretch of 24 where you wind your way up and around a great big mountain, your ears start popping, and the temperature drops a couple degrees, if you’re lucky (in the summer).
Then you go rapidly downhill on the other side ears popping again all the way. It’s a beautiful part of the country and I mention that here in this blog because I do believe it’s important for your health to live in beautiful areas. Beauty will not keep you from getting sick and beauty won’t necessarily make you better, but I do feel that it can lift your spirits up. When you are thinking positively and feeling positively you have a better chance of recuperating and healing. I haven’t seen anything like that in the book of medicine yet, but I suspect that they’ll cover this as the book is not always scientific and often takes moral tones.
Regardless I hope you are having a good weekend or had a good weekend and I’ll have more articles straight from the book of medicine soon.
- Taxes before Health
I had to take a break to do my taxes last week. For what its worth, it might be interesting to know that when this book was published, people did not have to file income taxes in the United States.
There were other forms of taxes, but not income taxes. I suspect that there may be a correlation to the introduction of income taxes and obesity and heart problems in the US. I doubt anyone will ever be able to fulfil a research project on that to prove it right or wrong any more than they might show that children that drive RC cars recklessly grow up to drive real cars recklessly, but it is an interesting historical perspective.
- How to Perfect Your Smile with Veneers?
One hundred years ago the smile you were born with or grew soon there after, was pretty much as good as it got. In fact, you could probably count on things getting worse as you got older and at best you could expect false teeth if you could afford them in cash.These days we have many new options to make your smile as good as that of a movie star’s. In addition to straightening your teeth with braces, you can have your smile brightened up with veneers.
A veneer is simply something that goes on the outside face of your teeth. It can be composite veneers, made of a composite of materials that is applied to your tooth. It can also be porcelain and can then be bonded directly to the exterior of your teeth.
You do not have to have your teeth pulled to end up with a perfect looking smile. You can also maintain your teeth just like you would today, brushing and flossing as you still have the same teeth, they just get a makeover!
You do not have to shell out a fortune going to an orthodontist, you can simply go to a dentist to have the procedure done. Its easier than having a cap or filling put on your teeth and painless as well.
