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You Can Prevent Illness

You Can Prevent Illness This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract It is a truism that prevention is preferable to cure. On this theme the author proceeds to establish the importance of preventing illness in self or the family. There are eye-catching chapter headings such as "A Shot in Time," "Stress, Sweat, and Tears: Preventing Illness at Work," or "Eat, Drink and Be Wary... and Tomorrow You'll Live Better." The style is of a pleasing type interspersed rather frequently by simple but telling examples to drive home a point. In bringing technical information down to practical terms much of present fact may sound like fiction, and in some instances this is approximated. A few examples follow: on page 37,1. 5, reference is made to a "thimbleful" (about 5 ml. or more) when referring to an injection of influenza or smallpox vaccine; p. 37, 1. 11, "a few days after a shot you are fully protected against some specific disease just as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

You Can Prevent Illness

Top, Franklin H.
Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 108 (4) – Oct 1, 1961
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You Can Prevent Illness

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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract It is a truism that prevention is preferable to cure. On this theme the author proceeds to establish the importance of preventing illness in self or the family. There are eye-catching chapter headings such as "A Shot in Time," "Stress, Sweat, and Tears: Preventing Illness at Work," or "Eat, Drink and Be Wary... and Tomorrow...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1961 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9926
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1538-3679
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10.1001/archinte.1961.03620100139022
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract It is a truism that prevention is preferable to cure. On this theme the author proceeds to establish the importance of preventing illness in self or the family. There are eye-catching chapter headings such as "A Shot in Time," "Stress, Sweat, and Tears: Preventing Illness at Work," or "Eat, Drink and Be Wary... and Tomorrow You'll Live Better." The style is of a pleasing type interspersed rather frequently by simple but telling examples to drive home a point. In bringing technical information down to practical terms much of present fact may sound like fiction, and in some instances this is approximated. A few examples follow: on page 37,1. 5, reference is made to a "thimbleful" (about 5 ml. or more) when referring to an injection of influenza or smallpox vaccine; p. 37, 1. 11, "a few days after a shot you are fully protected against some specific disease just as

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Archives of Internal Medicine – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1961

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