Draining for Profit, and Draining for HealthJudd, 1911 - 252 páginas |
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... DISEASES . Fever - and - Ague . - Neuralgia . - Vicinity of New York.-Dr. Bartlett on Periodical Fever . - Dr . Metcalf's Report to U. S. Sanitary Commission . -La Roche on the effect of Malarial Fever .-- Dr . Salisbury on the " Cause ...
... DISEASES . Fever - and - Ague . - Neuralgia . - Vicinity of New York.-Dr. Bartlett on Periodical Fever . - Dr . Metcalf's Report to U. S. Sanitary Commission . -La Roche on the effect of Malarial Fever .-- Dr . Salisbury on the " Cause ...
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... disease . If the water flow from the surface down into the drain , it will not fail to carry dirt with it , and instead of the clear water , which alone should rise into the tiles from below , we should have a trickling flow from above ...
... disease . If the water flow from the surface down into the drain , it will not fail to carry dirt with it , and instead of the clear water , which alone should rise into the tiles from below , we should have a trickling flow from above ...
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... underlying bed is of clay , calcareous soil , or any ordinary river alluvion , the result of the improvement should be most excellent . CHAPTER X. MALARIAL DISEASES . So far as remote agricultural THE RECLAIMING OF SALT MARSHES . 207.
... underlying bed is of clay , calcareous soil , or any ordinary river alluvion , the result of the improvement should be most excellent . CHAPTER X. MALARIAL DISEASES . So far as remote agricultural THE RECLAIMING OF SALT MARSHES . 207.
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... disease , and of " sun pain , " or " day neuralgia , " as a reason for draining the immense prairies over which they prevail . The diseases exist , -to the incalculable det- iment of the people , and thorough draining would re- move ...
... disease , and of " sun pain , " or " day neuralgia , " as a reason for draining the immense prairies over which they prevail . The diseases exist , -to the incalculable det- iment of the people , and thorough draining would re- move ...
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... disease in these localities , have had sad cause to regret their temerity . Probably the most striking instance of the effect of malaria on the growth and settlement of suburban dis- tricts , is to be found on Staten ... DISEASES . 209.
... disease in these localities , have had sad cause to regret their temerity . Probably the most striking instance of the effect of malaria on the growth and settlement of suburban dis- tricts , is to be found on Staten ... DISEASES . 209.
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Página 66 - A farmer manures a field of four or five inches of free soil reposing on a retentive clay, and sows it with wheat. It comes up, and between the kernel and the manure it looks well for a time, but anon it sickens. An Irish child looks well for five or six years, but after that time potato-feeding, and filth, and hardship begin to tell. You ask what is amiss with the wheat, and you are told that when its roots reach the clay they are poisoned.