{"product_id":"the-health-of-the-commonwealth-a-brief-history-of-medicine-public-health-and-disease-in-pennsylvania-paperback-softback-9781932304695","title":"The Health of the Commonwealth; A Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania (Paperback \/ softback) 9781932304695","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Health of the Commonwealth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames E. Higgins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781932304695\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages, 10 halftones\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.21 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The history of medicine in Pennsylvania is no less vital to understanding the state’s past than is its political or industrial history,” writes James Higgins in \u003ci\u003eThe Health of the Commonwealth, \u003c\/i\u003ehis overview of medicine and public health in the state. Covering the outbreak of yellow fever in 1793 through the 1976 Legionnaire’s Disease epidemic, and the challenges of the present day, he shows how Pennsylvania has played a central role in humanity’s understanding of-and progress against-disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHiggins provides close readings of specific medical advances-for instance, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh discovered the polio vaccine-and of disease outbreaks, like AIDS. He examines sanitation and water purification efforts, allopathic medicine and alternative therapies, and the building of the state’s tuberculosis sanitaria. Higgins also describes Native American and pre-modern European folk medicine, the rise of public health in the state, and women’s roles in both folk and scientific medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Health of the Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e places Pennsylvania’s unique contribution to the history of public health and medicine in a larger narrative of health and disease throughout the United States and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania Historical Association","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637932552472,"sku":"9781932304695","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-health-of-the-commonwealth-a-brief-history-of-medicine-public-health-and-disease-in-pennsylvania-paperback-softback-9781932304695","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}