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The Sanitarians A History of American Public Health

Paperback • 1992 • English

The Sanitarians A History of American Public Health

By John Duffy

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Early communal efforts in public health were aimed at regulating food and water supplies, providing for the proper disposal of human wastes, and preventing the spread of epidemic diseases by quarantine methods. Duffy identifies the first significant American development as the appearance of temporary boards of health during a series of major yellow fever attacks in East Coast cities between 1793 and 1806. The growth of urban centers in the second half of the nineteenth century led to the establi...Show more

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9780252062766

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

The Sanitarians A History of American Public Health

Format

Paperback

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