Bailey, Edgar H. S. Text-book of sanitary and applied chemistry; or, The chemistry of water, air, and food. *$1.40. Macmillan.
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In which the author emphasizes the fact that a knowledge of the relations of health to pure air, unpolluted water, and wholesome food will greatly improve sanitary conditions of students as well as people at large. Part 1 discusses air and fuel in their relation to heating and ventilation, lighting by the various agents now in use, water supply and purification, and disposal of household waste. Part 2 deals with food, food-materials, food accessories, preservatives, beverages and dietaries.
“Professor Bailey has brought together much of the material which he has used for his lectures on domestic economy in the University of Kansas, and made of it a practical class textbook.”
| + | Nation. 83: 204. S. 6, ’06. 150w. |
Reviewed by Ellen H. Richards.
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“The field covered by the work is so very great that it is hardly to be expected that thoroughness can be attained in a book of 345 small pages. There are many things in the book which will interest the student reader, but he must remember that it is essentially elementary.”
| + − | Science, n.s. 25: 419. Mr. 15, ’07. 290w. |