Excerpt from A Manual of Hygiene and Sanitation The excellence of the Mosaic code of the Hebrews is acknowledged by all sanitary authorities, and its effects are seen to this day in the comparative longevity of the race. The Greeks cultivated to the extreme both the physical and mental faculties, and had for their motto A sound mind in a sound body. The Romans, in their aqueducts for conveying water to the city and in the Cloaca Maxima, have left some wonderful examples of sanitary engineering, which are, in certain respects, not yet surpassed. All of which serves to Show that the ancients appreciated the importance of maintaining and improving health, and the influence of material condi tions and environment upon sanitation. 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.