HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hippocratic Corpus, Pulmonology, Humorism
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History wrap-up & threats to health: types of historical analysis, materialist histories: Infectious diseases caused by pathogens: tiny micro-organisms (e. g. , viruses, bacteria). John snow: father of epidemiology -- first to demonstrate with his study of cholera in. London, 1954: aided by invention of the microscope; emergence of microbiology, etc, tip: other important folks in the reading -- thomas sydenham, william harvey, edward. Dt: a framework to describe and understand population change (1960s-1980s), change in birth and death rates. Argument: as countries develop (rural-urban) they move from: High birth and death rates, to a period of rapid growth with high birth rates and low death rates, followed by a more stable, low growth rate when both birth and death rates are low. Base on historic patterns and trends in high-income countries (europe, north america, Australia): know how to read population pyramids for exam/mid-term, epidemiological transition:
