Chronology of Public Health in the United States

A new addition to a series of chronologies of social and economic topics in the USA, this book lists developments by date in the area of public health, that is medical and other efforts to overcome both infectious and other illnesses. An introduction briefly describes infectious disease, the immune system, and different responses to the prevention of illness over time. This is followed by a chronology of events beginning in 1796, with Dr Edward Jenner's first smallpox inoculation (which took place in England) and continues to August 2004. The chronology is followed by a number of appendices comprising leading causes...