Open AccessTHE PURIFICATION OF OYSTERS AS A CONSERVATION MEASURE
Author(s) -
W. F. Wells
Publication year - 1920
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.10.4.342
Subject(s) - oyster , shellfish , fishery , typhoid fever , environmental health , geography , aquatic animal , biology , medicine , virology , fish <actinopterygii>
Give the oyster a chance to cleanse itself and typhoid will be as preventable here as with domestic water supplies. This is the motif of this paper by Dr. Wells, who is no new hand at discussing shellfish problems. "It can be considered a conservation measure," he urges.