Reviews of Books : "A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health."

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health

are of little use to the Indian student. A new chapter has been added on animal parasites, one on school hygiene and two on maternity and child welfare. A most important advantage of the book is that it does not attempt to teach too much. The Indian student usually suffers from the well meant efforts of his teachers to give him a complete course of instruction in each subject of the curriculum,...

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health: With Special Reference to the Tropics

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health with Special Reference to the Tropics

Hygiene and Public Health by Dr. B. N. Ghosh is well-known to the students and teachers alike. This is the thirteenth edition of the book since its first publication in 1912. That it has served its purpose well during these long 41 years is by itself an evidence of its popularity and usefulness. But what had been taught in Hygiene and Public Health in 1912 has certainly undergone a great deal o...

Hygiene and Public Health

A. Whitelegge and Sir George Newman, 13th Edition, revised, etc., 1917. Cassell & Co., Ltd. This admirable little book has been before the medical profession for over 27 years, and has been frequently revised. It is now in its 13th edition, and the work has largely fallen to the hands of Sir George Newman, the Emeritus Lecturer on Public Health at " Barts." The new edition has been thoroughly r...