1.2 - History of Public Health (yrs before 1700s)

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when was this Archeological findings provide evidence of sewage disposal and written medical prescriptions

Ancient civilizations (before 500 B.C.E.) - prior to 2000 b.c.e

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when was this the earliest written record of public health was

the Code of Hammurabi; included laws for physicians and health practices

Ancient civilizations (before 500 B.C.E.) - circa 1900 b.c.e.

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what is the earliest written record of public health?

code of hammurabi

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when was this Bible's book of Leviticus written; includes guidelines for personal cleanliness and sanitation

Ancient Civilizations: Circa 1500 b.c.e.

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Who and when: men participated in games of strength and skill and swam in publicfacilities.

The greeks - classical cultures (500 B.C.E.)

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Who and when: involved in practice of community sanitations

The greeks - classical cultures (500 B.C.E.)

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Who and when: involved in obtaining water from sources far away and not just local wells.

The greeks - classical cultures (500 B.C.E.)

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Who and when: Imporved community sanitations of Greeks

The romans - classical cultures (500 B.C.E)

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Who and when: built aqueducts to transport water from miles away; built sewer systems

The romans - classical cultures (500 B.C.E)

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Who and when: created regulations for building constructio, refuse removal, and street cleaning and repair

The romans - classical cultures (500 B.C.E)

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who and when: created hospitals as infirmaries for slaves

The romans - classical cultures (500 B.C.E)

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who and when: created hospitals as benevolent charitable organizations

The christians - classical cultures (500 B.C.E)

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What and when was the most public health activities ceased?

Fall of Roman Empire 476 C.E

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When: Rebirth of thinking about the nature of world and humankind

1500-1700

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When: Belief that disease was caused by environmental, not spiritual, factors

1500-1700

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Malaria =

bad air

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During the 1500-1700, observation of ill led to more __________ ___________ of symptomes and outcomes of diseases

accurate descriptions

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during the 1500-1700s what are the diseases first recognized as distinct and separate

whooping cough

typhus

scarlet fever

malaria

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When and Who published the Observations on the Bills of Mortality, the beginning of vital statistics

1662, John Graunt

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what are the examples of epidemics still rampants in 1500-1700

smallpox

malaria

plague

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the plague epidemic killed how many in london in 1665?

68,596 (15% of population)

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When: Explorers, conquerors, and merchants and their crews spread disease to colonists and indigenous people throughout the New World.

1500-1700

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Columbus built his first town on the nearby island of _______

Hispaniola

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Lacking immunity to Old World pathogens carried by the Spanish, Hispaniola's indigenous inhabitants fell victim to terrible plagues of _____________

smallpox, influenza, and other viruses.