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... mortality tables.10 After World War II , but before antibiotics became rou- tine , it had slipped into eleventh place with a rate of 48. Cholera , 11 dysentery , 12 and typhoid similarly peaked and dwindled outside the physician's ...
... mortality tables.10 After World War II , but before antibiotics became rou- tine , it had slipped into eleventh place with a rate of 48. Cholera , 11 dysentery , 12 and typhoid similarly peaked and dwindled outside the physician's ...
Page 14
... mortality from tu berculosis , tetanus , diphtheria , and scarlet fever , but in the total decline of mortality or morbidity from these diseases , chemotherapy played a minor and possibly insignificant role.36 Malaria , leishmaniasis ...
... mortality from tu berculosis , tetanus , diphtheria , and scarlet fever , but in the total decline of mortality or morbidity from these diseases , chemotherapy played a minor and possibly insignificant role.36 Malaria , leishmaniasis ...
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... mortality in these countries ; for example , in England and Wales the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births declined from 154 in 1840 to 22 in 1960. But it would be entirely in- correct to attribute more than one of those lives ...
... mortality in these countries ; for example , in England and Wales the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births declined from 154 in 1840 to 22 in 1960. But it would be entirely in- correct to attribute more than one of those lives ...
Contents
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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