Diseases were generally treated by attempting ... largest number of diseased persons encountered in America in the nineteenth century. Tens of thousands left military service with chronic ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, though there had been some advances in medical knowledge, scientists still did not understand what caused disease. However, the production of better quality ...

Attitudes about public health changed over the course of the nineteenth century, but the association of disease with the less affluent lingered in the minds of the upper class. During the early part ...

Affected populations: Although more common in the 19th century because of heavy exposure to silver among people who worked with the metal and the use of silver to treat diseases, argyria is now a ...

The year is 1900. . . . What societal factors influenced health, particularly of susceptibility and occurrence of infectious diseases? Which infectious diseases were prevalent? What ideas about ...

Cases of the 19th century disease are continuing to rise after peaking last year - prompting officials to declare a "serious ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, though there had been some advances in medical knowledge, scientists still did not understand what caused disease. Joseph Lister was able to make a much more ...