The origins of public health -- Health and the community in the Greco-Roman world -- Public health in the middle ages (500-1500 A.D.) -- Mercantilism, absolutism, and the health of the people (1500-1750) -- Health in a period of enlightenment and revolution (1750-1830) -- Industrialism and the sanitary movement (1830-1875) -- The bacteriological era and its aftermath (1875-1950) -- The bacteriological era and its aftermath (concluded).
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