John S. Billings

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John S. Billings

Dr. Billings was the senior editor of books reporting the work of the Committee Of Fifty to Investigate the Liquor Problem in the early 1900s. The Committee researched the activities and publications of the Department Of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

PUBLICATIONS

''Principles of Ventilation and Heating'', (1884)

''Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States'', (1885)

''National Medical Dictionary'', (two volumes, 1889)

''Description of the Johns Hopkins Hospital'', (1890)

''Social Statistics of Cities'', (six volumes, for the Eleventh Census)

''Some Library Problems of Tomorrow'', (1902)

''Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem'', (1903)

SOURCE

National Prohibition of Alcohol in the U.S.