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THIS handbook deals in the space of two hundred pages with subjects of so personal and intimate a character that there is not a single individual who could fail to be interested by a very large portion of it, especially as it contains a good deal of straight talk on clothes, food, light, and open air. The subject matter, though presented in non-technical language, is based on sound scientific investigations which may be examined more fully in the Medical Research Council's Special Report Series, Nos. 32 and 52 dealing with "The Science of Ventilation and Open-air Treatment,“Parts 1. and 11., and No. 73 “The Kata-thermometer in Studies of Body-heat and Efficiency,” written by Prof. Leonard Hill. These two authors have rendered a social service in presenting to the individual a rational method of ‘ keeping fit’ and in laying down the guiding principles for the heating, lighting, and ventilation of factories, schools, public and other buildings where large numbers of people congregate. In this connexion the book is of especial value to employers of labour and public health bodies.
Health and Environment.
By Leonard Hill Argyll Campbell. Pp. xix + 208 + 8 plates. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1925.) 12s. 6d. net.
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Health and Environment . Nature 117, 852 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117852a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/117852a0