The war against tuberculosis : Samuel G. Dixon and the rise of modern public health in Pennsylvania /
"Tells the story of American physician Samuel G. Dixon, who served as commissioner of health for Pennsylvania, and his work to control the spread of tuberculosis in the early twentieth century"--
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| Formaat: | Licensed eBooks |
| Taal: | Engels |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2025]
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| Online toegang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jj.20753035 |
Inhoudsopgave:
- Town and country beginnings
- Medical beginnings
- A chance discovery
- Dixon and Koch
- Building a new academy
- Dixon and his Department of Health
- Dixon's war on tuberculosis
- The department ascendant.