Disease and Discovery: A History of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1916-1939

by Elizabeth Fee and Professor Elizabeth Fee

Book Overview

The story of the founding and early years of the nation's first dedicated school of public health has been reissued to coincide with the school's centennial celebration.

At the end of the nineteenth century, public health was the province of part-time political appointees and volunteer groups of every variety. Public health officers were usually physicians, but they could also be sanitary engineers, lawyers, or chemists--there was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421421100
• ISBN13: 9781421421100
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"