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History of Public HealthHistory of Public Health
Dr. Satyajit Sundar RayDr. Satyajit Sundar Ray
Dawn of scientific medicineDawn of scientific medicine
Revival of medicine Revival of medicine 1453-1600 AD 1453-1600 AD
Paracelsus(1493-Paracelsus(1493-1541) publicly burnt 1541) publicly burnt the works of Galen the works of Galen and avicenna and and avicenna and attacked attacked superstition and superstition and dogma and helped dogma and helped turn medicine turn medicine towards rational towards rational system. system.
FRACASTORIUS (1483-1553)FRACASTORIUS (1483-1553)
• Theory of contagion
• Syphilis- STD
• Founder of
epidemiology
ANDREAS VASALIUS (1514- 1564)ANDREAS VASALIUS (1514- 1564)
•Dissections on the
human body and
found some errors
in galens work.•First man of modern
science. •Fabrica- text book
Ambroise pare- 1510-1590Ambroise pare- 1510-1590
Father of surgery (art of surgery)Father of surgery (art of surgery)
John hunter taught science of John hunter taught science of
surgery.surgery.
Thomas sydenham1624-1689Thomas sydenham1624-1689
• First distinguished
epidemiologist.
• D/D of
Scarlet fever,
malaria, dysentery,
cholera
17th and 18th century17th and 18th century
Harvey (1628) –
circulation of blood.
Leewenhoeks(1670)
–microscope.
Jenner (1796) -
vaccination against
small pox
1682-17711682-1771
Morgagni – pathological anatomyMorgagni – pathological anatomy
Birth of Preventive MedicineBirth of Preventive Medicine
James Lind (1716-1794)- naval James Lind (1716-1794)- naval
surgeon advocated the intake of surgeon advocated the intake of
fresh vegetables and fruits for fresh vegetables and fruits for
prevention of scurvy- 1753prevention of scurvy- 1753
Edward jenner - small poxEdward jenner - small pox
vaccination-1796vaccination-1796
History of preventive and social History of preventive and social medicinemedicine
Sanitary awakening - mid nineteenth Sanitary awakening - mid nineteenth century – in England. century – in England.
Edwin chadwick (1800-1890) a Edwin chadwick (1800-1890) a lawyer, in 1832 sanitary conditions of lawyer, in 1832 sanitary conditions of the labouring populations in Great the labouring populations in Great Britain. Britain.
Good drinking water, Housing, Good drinking water, Housing, working condition, slums, working condition, slums, accumulation of filth in cities……accumulation of filth in cities……
English epidemiologist – John snow- role English epidemiologist – John snow- role of polluted drinking water and spread of of polluted drinking water and spread of cholera- 1848-54cholera- 1848-54
William budd- 1856- typhoid is William budd- 1856- typhoid is spreading through unclean drinking spreading through unclean drinking waterwater
Gradually imp of clean drinking water, Gradually imp of clean drinking water, clean surroundings were realized. clean surroundings were realized.
Louis pasteur – 1860- presence of Louis pasteur – 1860- presence of bacterea in the air, antirabies treatment bacterea in the air, antirabies treatment in 1883in 1883
1877- Robert koch- anthrax was 1877- Robert koch- anthrax was caused by bactereacaused by bacterea
Birth of germ theory of disease Birth of germ theory of disease established. established.
Gonococcus- 1847, typhoid bacillus Gonococcus- 1847, typhoid bacillus and pneumcoccus- 1880, TB bacilli- and pneumcoccus- 1880, TB bacilli- 1882, cholera vibrio- 1883, 1882, cholera vibrio- 1883, diphtheria bacillus- 1884diphtheria bacillus- 1884
Cholera vaccine in 1892, diphtheria Cholera vaccine in 1892, diphtheria antitoxin in 1894, antityphoid antitoxin in 1894, antityphoid vaccine – 1898vaccine – 1898
Antiseptics and disinfectants- 1827-Antiseptics and disinfectants- 1827-
19121912
1896- Bruce – African sleeping sickness 1896- Bruce – African sleeping sickness
was transmitted by tsetse flywas transmitted by tsetse fly
1898- Ronald ross- malaria is 1898- Ronald ross- malaria is
transmitted by anopheles. transmitted by anopheles.
1900- walter reed- yellow fever- 1900- walter reed- yellow fever-
transmitted by aedes mosquito. transmitted by aedes mosquito.
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