Public Health in the Town of Boston, 1630-1822

by John Blake and John B. Blake

In this book, based almost exclusively on original source material, Dr. Blake takes a detailed look at the public health history of the town of Boston. Historically, the author tells us, public health may be viewed as the science and art of preventing disease and promoting health through organized community activity. A significant part of this study is the insight it offers into the early attitudes toward disease and death as well as other basic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674722507
• ISBN13: 9780674722507
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"