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A history of public health.

DOI: 10.1037/11322-000

Publisher: MD Publications - American Psychological Association

Jan 8, 2007

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The origins of public health.

Rosen, George

Pages: 25 –29

Throughout human history, the major problems of health that men have faced have been concerned with community life, for instance, the control of transmissible disease, the control and improvement of the physical environment (sanitation), the provision of water and food of good quality and in...
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Health and the community in the Greco-Roman world.

Rosen, George

Pages: 30 –49

This chapter looks at health and community in the history of the Greco-Roman world. It is divided into two parts, the first focusing on Greece, the second on Rome. In the section on Greece, the following topics are discussed: problems of disease; diphtheria; malaria; the nature of disease; airs,...
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Public health in the Middle Ages (500-1500 A. D.).

Rosen, George

Pages: 50 –80

This chapter on public health in the middle ages begins by looking at the decline of Rome. It then examines the growth of cities. Next, sanitary problems of urban life are addressed. The chapter then discusses protecting the consumer. Diseases in the Middle Ages are considered, followed by the...
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Mercantilism, absolutism and the health of the people (1500-1750).

Rosen, George

Pages: 81 –130

This chapter on mercantalism, absolutism, and the health of the people begins with a section entitled Brave New Worlds, followed by one Causes and Consequences. In order understand the history of public health during the period of transformation that began with the Renaissance, both its...
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Health in a period of enlightenment and revolution (1750-1830).

Rosen, George

Pages: 131 –191

The 80 years from 1750 to 1830 form a pivotal period in the evolution of public health. The peculiar interest of these decades derives from the creation during this period of the foundation for the sanitary movement of the nineteenth century, a development fraught with momentous consequences for...
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Industrialism and the sanitary movement (1830-1875).

Rosen, George

Pages: 192 –293

As significant as industrialization was in the late eighteenth century, it was a mere beginning in contrast to what followed in the nineteenth century. Industrialized countries, such as England, France, and Belgium, introduced technical innovations in old industries and expanded them to new ones...
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The bacteriological era and its aftermath (1875-1950).

Rosen, George

Pages: 294 –343

That infectious diseases can have a living particulate cause was not exactly new in the middle of the nineteenth century. From remote antiquity, the idea had been advanced by thoughtful and penetrating observers that infectious diseases were transmitted by contagion and caused by "seeds,"...
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The bacteriological era and its aftermath (concluded).

Rosen, George

Pages: 344 –495

Protection of the community against communicable diseases and sanitation of the environment have been and still are major aspects of the public health program. As a result of community action along these lines arising from the sanitary reform movement and the bacteriological discoveries, the...

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