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Medicine in Colonial North America Worlds of Change

WEBIn 17th- and 18th-century North America, the medical profession developed in tandem with the founding of the American Republic. Through Harvard Library’s vast manuscript and …

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Public Health Contagion

WEBPublic Health. Public health is a population–based concept for addressing the causes and the prevention of disease among demographic groups rather than among individuals. …

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Concepts of Contagion and Epidemics Contagion

WEBThe concept of “contagion,” together with the concept of “contagiousness,” is thousands of years old. The meanings of both the word and the concept have changed over time. Two …

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Germ Theory Contagion

WEBGerm theory states that specific microscopic organisms are the cause of specific diseases. The theory was developed, proved, and popularized in Europe and North America …

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Humoral Theory Contagion

WEBHumoral theory was one of the central principles in Western medicine from antiquity through the 19th century. “Humoral” derives from the word “humor,” which, in this context, means …

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Medical Geography Contagion

WEBMedical geography, a subdiscipline of geography, is an interdisciplinary and holistic study of health, illness, and disease by specialists from a wide variety of social, physical, and …

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Colonialism and International Medicine Contagion

WEBColonialism and International Medicine. Records of exploration, conquest, and trade by land and sea go back at least 4,000 years. Initially, these activities occurred over short …

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Tuberculosis in Europe and North America, 1800-1922

WEBTuberculosis, also known as “consumption,” “phthisis,” or the “white plague,” was the cause of more deaths in industrialized countries than any other disease during the 19th and …

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Cholera Epidemics in the 19th Century

WEBThe Epidemics Subside. By the end of the 19th century, cholera epidemics no longer appeared in Europe and North America. The reasons for this are uncertain, but …

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Timeline Contagion

WEBTimeline. Below is a timeline of events related to contagious diseases and medical and public health responses between 1494 and 1948. Specific disease episodes covered in …

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Tropical Diseases and the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1904 …

WEBThe Hay–Bunau–Varilla Treaty of 1903 created the Panama Canal Zone and allowed the US government to begin building its 51–mile waterway through the Isthmus of Panama …

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Robert Koch, 1843-1910 Contagion

WEBRobert Koch, 1843-1910. Robert Koch was one of the most important and influential bacteriologists in history. He is credited with developing many innovative and …

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Rudolf Virchow, 1821-1902 Contagion

WEBRudolf Virchow, 1821-1902. Rudolf Virchow, a prolific and influential 19th–century German physician, pathologist, and anthropologist, is one of the founders of “social medicine.”. …

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Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910

WEBFlorence Nightingale, 1820-1910. Florence Nightingale dedicated much of her life to the reform of the British military healthcare system. Her practices brought tremendous …

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The Great Plague of London, 1665 Contagion

WEBIn another eyewitness account, Loimographia (1665), William Boghurst, a general practitioner who accurately described the symptoms of plague and predicted its demise …

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Spanish Influenza in North America, 1918-1919

WEBNationwide, October 1918 was the most deadly month, when 195,000 Americans died. The supply of health care workers, morticians, and gravediggers dwindled, and mass graves …

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Syphilis, 1494-1923 Contagion

WEBSyphilis, 1494-1923. Syphilis was first reported in Europe in 1494 among soldiers (and their camp followers) involved in a war between France and Naples. The disease was striking …

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The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States

WEBThe introduction of epidemic cholera through the agency of the Mercantile Marine / by John M. Woodworth -- Reports prepared under the direction of the surgeon-general of the …

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The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793

WEBFrom the Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaked …

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