A comprehensive book on 19th century hygiene, during the birth of the age of scientific understanding on the nature of infections and diseases due to unsanitary conditions. An exhaustive guide to hygiene, but also with scientific explanations on sewage systems, cliamte and air pressure, the workings of the ringworm and such. Tells you how to cook, how to wash, how the types of soaps, how to sleep, and why.
Chapters include:
Air
Water (Rain water, springs and rivers, effects of drinking impure water, etc)
Food (Classification, Diets, Diseases, Fish, Eggs, Milk, etc)
The Removal and Disposal of Excreta
Personal Hygience
Infection and Disinfection,
etc
