History of Science 2151F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Occupational Disease, Scribonius Largus, Hard Water
5 Mar 2016
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Climate, soil, air, water, sun and wind have an effect on the health and well being of the. # 221, 1-5, p. 117: inhabitants of urban spaces. These requirements are best fulfilled by a site that is elevated. ( 1, 2, 5) animal grazing at the site and inspecting its liver. If the liver is sound, the site is healthy, if, in a healthy animal, the liver is abnormal this is to be taken as a sign that the food and water supply is unhealthy ( 9). 2, p. 118) carry the mixture of mist and noxious exhalations to town where it spreads over and invades the bodies of the inhabitants (see also # 223, p. 118). 9 is the medical interpretation of an eturscan religious rite taken over by the romans. According to both interpretations it is not advisable to erect a town at that site if the animal displays an abnormal liver. iron when hot. spectators.
