The ground water is presumed to affect health by rendering the soil above it moist, either by evaporation or capillary attraction, or by alternate wettings and dryings. A moist soil is cold, and is generally believed to predispose to rheumatism, catarrh,... Report - Page 276by New Hampshire. State Department of Health - 1890Full view - About this book
| Edmund Alexander Parkes - 1891 - 848 pages
...it moist, either by evaporation or capillary attraction, or by alternate wettings and dryings. ^ 1. A moist soil is cold, and is generally believed to...experience that most persons feel healthier on a dry soil. 2. In some way which is not clear, a moist soil produces an unfavourable effect on the lungs : at least... | |
| William Paul Gerhard - 1902 - 304 pages
...above it moist, either by evaporation or capillary attraction, or bj aHernatb wettings and dryings. A moist soil is cold, and is generally believed to...and neuralgia. It is a matter of general experience ihat most persons feel healthier on a dry soil." In order to keep the level of the sub-soil water below... | |
| 1890 - 476 pages
...soil," says the writer, "loaded with roots and densely shaded, is unfit for man to live upon constantly Vegetation produces a great effect upon the movement...neuralgia. It is a matter of general experience that most people feel healthier on a dry soil. In some way, which is not clear, a moist soil produces an unfavorable... | |
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