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HYGIENE (Fr. hygiene, from Gr. ir'taivety, to be healthy) , the science of preservingSee also: health, its See also: practical aim being to render " growth more perfect, decay less rapid, See also: life more vigorous, See also: death more remote." The subject is thus a very wide one, embracing all the agencies which affect the See also: physical and See also: mental well-being of See also: man, and it requires acquaintance with such diverse sciences as physics, chemistry, geology, See also: engineering, architecture, meteorology, epidemiology, See also: bacteriology and See also: statistics
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On the See also: personal or individual See also: side it involves consideration of the character and quality of See also: food and of See also: water and other beverages; of clothing; of See also: work, exercise and sleep; of personal cleanliness, of See also: special habits, such as the use of See also: tobacco, narcotics, &c.; and of control of sexual and other passions
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In its more general and public aspects it must take cognizance of meteorological conditions, roughly included under the See also: term See also: climate; of the site or See also: soil on which dwellings are placed; of the character, materials and arrangement of dwellings, whether regarded individually or in relation to other houses among which they stand; of their See also: heating and ventilation; of the removal of excreta and other effete matters; of medical knowledge See also: relating to the incidence and prevention of disease; and of the disposal of the dead
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