Health and Hygiene

(WITH ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY)

by Swami Sivananda

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Book Code: ES56
Paperback:
367 pages
ISBN: 8170520355
Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.80 inches
Shipping Weight: 450 grams

Table of Contents

About This Book (Back Cover)  
Dedication (5)
Sri Swami Sivananda (6)
   

Book One
HEALTH AND HYGIENE

INTRODUCTION

 
1. Health is a Great Treasure 15
2. Health and Disease 17
3. Why Grow Old? 21
4. Observe the Rules of Health 23
   

Chapter One
PUBLIC HEALTH

 
1. Public Health 24
2. Health and Hygiene 28
3. Hygiene and Sanitation 33
4. Sanitary Laws 35
   

Chapter Two
HOUSES AND BUILDINGS

 
House and Buildings 37
   

Chapter Three
AIR

 
1. Air 41
2. Ventilation 45
   

Chapter Four
WATER

 
1. Quantity of Water Required 49
2. Sources of Water 49
3. Impurities of Water 54
4. Effects of Impurities of Water 55
5. Purification of Water 56
   

Chapter Five
FOOD

 
1. Food 60
2. A Well-balanced Diet 69
   

Chapter Six
CLOTHING

 
Clothing 75
   

Chapter Seven
PERSONAL HYGIENE

 
1. Personal Hygiene 78
2. Hygiene of the Skin 79
3. Hygiene of the Eye 82
 

Chapter Eight
EXERCISE AND SLEEP

 
1. Exercise and Rest 87
2. Relaxation and Sleep 92
3. Sleep 93
   

Chapter Nine
MENTAL HYGIENE

 
Mental Hygiene  
   

Chapter Ten
SCHOOL HYGIENE

 
1. School Hygiene  
2. Don’t for Students  
   

Chapter Eleven
MATERNITY AND CHILD-WELFARE

 
Maternity and Child-Welfare  
   

Chapter Twelve
DOMESTIC HYGIENE

 
Domestic Hygiene  
   

Chapter Thirteen
VALUE OF SUNLIGHT

 
Value of Sunlight  
   

Chapter Fourteen
PARASITES

 
1. Parasites  
2. Spread of Disease by Insects  
3. Insects  
4. Insecticides  
   

Chapter Fifteen
VILLAGE SANITATION

 
Village Sanitation  
   

Chapter Sixteen
DISPOSAL OF REFUSE

 
1. Disposal of Human Excreta  
2. Disposal of Refuse  
3. Disposal of Sewage  
4. Water Carriage System  
5. Disposal of Dead Bodies of Human Beings  
   

Chapter Seventeen
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

 
1. Infectious Diseases  
2. Story of Germs  
3. Immunity  
4. Small-pox  
5. Measles (or Morbilli)  
6. Chickenpox (Varicella)  
7. Malaria  
8. Plague (Pestis)  
9. Cholera  
10. Typhoid Fever  
11. Mumps  
12. Dysentery  
13. Leprosy  
14. Kala-Azar  
15. Beri-Beri  
16. Influenza  
17. Consumption  
18. Whooping-Cough  
19. Tetanus or Lock-Jaw  
20. Hydrophobia (Rabies)  
21. Venereal Diseases  
22. Deliverance from Disease and Wretchedness  
   

Chapter Eighteen
DISINFECTION

 
DISINFECTION  
   

Chapter Nineteen
CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY

 
Climate and Meteorology  
   

Chapter Twenty
VITAL STATISTICS

 
Vital Statistics  
   

Book Two
ANATOMY

 
Anatomy  
General Structure of the Body  
The Skeleton  

Joints

 
Cavities of the Body  
Tissues of the Body  
   

Book Three
PHYSIOLOGY

 
Physiology  
The Circulatory System  
The Heart  
Lymphatic System  
The Respiratory System  
Oxidation and Excretion  
Endocrine System  
Reproductive System  
Spleen  
The Urinary System  
Dermatic System  
The Skin  
Body Heat and Temperature  
The Digestive System  
Taste  
Organ of Smell  
The Ear and Hearing  
Voice and Speech  
Organ of Sight  
The Nervous System  
     Neurons  
     Cerebro-spinal System  
     The Sympathetic Nervous System  
     Reflex Action  
Appendix A: Simple Household Remedies  
Appendix B: Food for the Invalids  
Appendix C: Dangerous Drug Habits  

Dedicated to

OM
Lord Dhanvantari,
The Divine Physician
OM


About This Book

The wise sage and practical spiritual leader of the modern world, Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, started life as a doctor of the body. What is more significant, even at the very outset of his career as a physician and surgeon, Sri Swami Sivananda (then Dr. Kuppuswamy) revealed it as his mission that he should broadcast the correct knowledge of the body and its functions, and of health and hygiene, with an insistence upon prevention as better than cure.

As the reader is aware, Sri Swamiji, even after renouncing his lucrative medical practice, and all worldly pleasures and ambitions, and even while being engaged in intense spiritual practices, took an extraordinary pleasure in serving the sick and in educating the people in the principles of Health and Hygiene.

This volume, thus, is not only an authoritative text on Health and Hygiene from the pen of one who has been deeply interested in these aspects of life, but also the expression of the sage’s supreme concern in the welfare of all beings–Sarvabhutahite Ratah.

 

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