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The conditions for the preservation of the life of the individual man are not completely fulfilled by the perfect structure and healthy state of his body. The functions of his organs, without which his life is not possible presuppose the fulfillment of certain wants (necessaries), which can only be supplied by the surrounding world. Thus man requires air for breathing, water for drinking and cleansing, food and provisions to maintain the work of assimilation, clothes and dwellings to protect his individual warmth against the influence of the weather. Light is also an indispensable want and lastly intellectual stimulation, which can be the less dispensed with, the higher the stage of development is, to which man has raised himself by education and culture.
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The Imperial Board of Health (Kaiserliches Gesundheitsamt). (1904). The necessaries of life for the individual man. In: Hygiene and Sanitation („Gesundheitsbüchlein“). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48584-8_3
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