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Excerpt from Some Preventives
Prevention has learned a great deal from modern methods. As I, however, am not a pathfinder, nor even an expert in those branches that are by preference called exact by their creators and augurs, I shall speak of a few preventives that do not exclusively rely upon an immersion-lens, or a disinfecting stove, or on a bacillus-hunt-on all of which, it is true, clinical medi cine, sanitary science, and the interest of mankind have to rely. I request you to follow me in the con sideration of a few preventives - without accompanying experiments and camera-illustrations. I shall consider some few practical means of preventing deaths from puerperal fever and from the sepsis of the newly born, also of preventing senile morbility, or rather premature senility, and finally, if your patience and time will per mit, of preventing fatal terminations by medication. The prevention of puerperal fever and of the sepsis of the newly born, both of which are frequent causes of death, is best secured by the proper management of normal labors amongst both the rich and the poor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.