Download or read book Household Hygiene (Classic Reprint) written by Sophonia Maria Elliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Household Hygiene Air, light, water, and food are the great four pri mary needs in the life Of man as in that Of his animal and plant relatives. These, too, must be in sufficient quantity and Of good quality. Civilized man protects his body with clothing and then shuts himself inside a house. The latter he wants warmed, and lighted at night that he may comfortably prolong his hours Of work or pleasure. Into this shel ter he chooses to bring supplies Of food and furnish ings to make life possible and profitable. All this seems very natural and simple, but wherever there is life there is death, and the wastes from man's processes Of life and living are his worst enemies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.