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... for service in un- healthy situations and seasons . 5thly . That the tendency to contract the disease in the in- stance of whites is less in those coming from warm climates , as the South of Europe , than from cold , as A 4 vii.
... for service in un- healthy situations and seasons . 5thly . That the tendency to contract the disease in the in- stance of whites is less in those coming from warm climates , as the South of Europe , than from cold , as A 4 vii.
Page viii
... less of an unwholesome kind , such as are likely to promote the action of a specific exciting cause ; consequently , that all measures of a sanatory kind cannot be too sedulously attended to with a view to the prevention of the disease ...
... less of an unwholesome kind , such as are likely to promote the action of a specific exciting cause ; consequently , that all measures of a sanatory kind cannot be too sedulously attended to with a view to the prevention of the disease ...
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... less care has been taken to free the narrative from merely local references than would have been desirable in a work more cosmopolitan . The Author has been reserved in forming general conclusions , as he intends the treatise to be a ...
... less care has been taken to free the narrative from merely local references than would have been desirable in a work more cosmopolitan . The Author has been reserved in forming general conclusions , as he intends the treatise to be a ...
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... less with oxide of iron and sea salt . Its entire surface is distinguished by the never - fading luxuriance of its vegetation . Its inhabitants reside chiefly on the skirts of the sea - shore and at the mouths of its majestic rivers ...
... less with oxide of iron and sea salt . Its entire surface is distinguished by the never - fading luxuriance of its vegetation . Its inhabitants reside chiefly on the skirts of the sea - shore and at the mouths of its majestic rivers ...
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... less than 20,000 inhabitants , it covered an area of nearly two miles . The prevention of extensive fires , the open exposed nature of the habitations , and a proper regard for ventilation , required this roominess of the city . Two por ...
... less than 20,000 inhabitants , it covered an area of nearly two miles . The prevention of extensive fires , the open exposed nature of the habitations , and a proper regard for ventilation , required this roominess of the city . Two por ...
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