Historical Evolution of Epidemiology

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What was the essay called that Hippocrates wrote to explain disease occurrence from a rational viewpoint?

“On Airs, Waters, and Places”

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John Graunt

published an analysis of mortality data; it was the first publication to quantify patterns of birth, death, etc

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What did William Farr do?

He built on John Graunt s work by collecting and analyzing Great Britain’s mortality stats

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WIlliam Farr was known as the father of

modern vital statistics and surveillance

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Who is considered the father of field epidemiology

John Snow

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the geographic distribution of cases