PHSC 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Malaria, Child Labor Laws In The United States, Poutine
29 Mar 2017
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Deforestation of the apennines: railroad era led to demand for trees, massive deforestation and deregulation of entire peninsula. Economic difficulties/crises: malaria feeds on human misfortune/poor housing. Costs: absenteeism in agriculture, waste- whole areas weren"t cultivated because they were dangerous and those who did work there got sick and died, area of low productivity/illiteracy, underdevelopment of civil society, low participation in politics, mass emigration. North and south: agriculture as determinant. North advanced forms of agriculture that were intensive and not conducive to malaria. Eradication (grassi: begins with focus on quinine, hopes were illusory- people were not used to contact with physicians. No access to medical care, no distribution, complex regimen for months at a time and people did not understand the disease: broadened program. Not just quinine, social medicine: rural health stations, education, rural schools, improved housing. Trade unions were powerful: deliver better wages, better diet, better clothing. Regulation of occupations that were dangerous: rice fields.
