Excerpt from Drainage for Health, or Easy Lessons in Sanitary ScienceThe present general interest in the subject of public health seems to call for such a work as is here attempted, simple in style and language, brief but correct as far as it goes, with sufficient variety to make easy reading. It is supposed that any gentleman may conveniently read it in leisure moments.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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