History of Medicine and Tropical Health
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This cluster of papers covers the history of public health and medicine, with a focus on Latin America, eugenics, disease control, tropical medicine, and global health. It explores the intersection of medicine, public health policies, social ideas, and the impact of diseases on different societies.
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history of public health; yellow fever; colonial medicine; tropical medicine; tropical diseases; William Crawford Gorgas; Panama Canal; U.S. Army surgeons; history of epidemics; cholera epidemic; Panama Canal Zone; communicable disease reporting; Rockefeller Foundation; history of tropical medicine; Gorgas family; Marie Gorgas; military hygiene; sanitary reform; colonial health policy; polio vaccine production; colonial doctors; British colonial rule in Africa; Colonial Medical Service of Africa; history of health; 19th-century public health
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Morton address: 38285032607228624 · morton4x16-v1
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