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PRINCIPLES OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
A SIMPLE TEXT BOOK ON HYGIENEPRESENTING THE PRINCIPLES FUNDAMENTALTO THE CONSERVATION OFINDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
By THOS. D. TUTTLE, B.S., M.D.
SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF MONTANA
YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
1910
CONSERVATION OF HEALTH
"Our national health is physically our greatest asset. Toprevent any possible deterioration of the American stockshould be a national ambition."—Theodore Roosevelt.
The conservation of individual and nationalhealth is the keynote of these books
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC HEALTH
By Thos. D. Tuttle, M.D., Secretary and Executive Officerof the State Board of Health of Montana. Illustrated. Cloth.vii + 186 pages. List price 50 cents, mailing price 60 cents.
PRIMER OF HYGIENE
By John W. Ritchie, of the College of William and Mary inVirginia, and Joseph S. Caldwell, of the George PeabodyCollege for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee. Illustrated. Cloth.vi + 184 pages. List price 40 cents, mailing price 48 cents.
PRIMER OF SANITATION
By John W. Ritchie. Illustrated. Cloth. vi + 200 pages.List price 50 cents, mailing price 60 cents.
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
By John W. Ritchie. Illustrated in black and colors. Cloth.vi + 362 pages. List price 80 cents, mailing price 96 cents.
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
CASPAR W. HODGSON, Manager
YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
Copyright, 1910, by World Book Company. All rights reserved
INTRODUCTION
The earliest history of remote ages describes methodsemployed in combating disease, and down through all thecenturies the struggle against infection has been going on.The science of health as applied in recent years revealswonderful pr