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Reports of the Surgeon General

WebThe active promotion of health is an area that has been given increasing attention in recent decades. In 1979, Surgeon General Julius Richmond issued a landmark report entitled …

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About this Collection Visual Culture and Health

WebAs part of its Profiles in Science project, the National Library of Medicine has has made available online a collection of Visual Culture and Health Posters. This website provides …

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Reports of the Surgeon General

WebThe Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 requires that the Surgeon General produce an annual report reviewing the latest scientific findings on the effects of smoking …

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Profiles in Science

WebThe Michael E. DeBakey Papers Michael E. DeBakey (1908-2008) was a legendary American surgeon, educator, and medical statesman. During a career spanning 75 …

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Environmental Health Visual Culture and Health

WebNicholas Mirzoeff, An Introduction to Visual Culture. Introduction. This section of the exhibit on environmental health examines the role of public health posters in addressing threats …

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Brief History Visual Culture and Health

WebIn an increasingly visually oriented culture influenced by developments in photography and moving pictures, posters frequently relied on design and colors rather than words to …

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Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health …

WebTitle: Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Creator: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health United …

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Tobacco or Health: Choose Health

WebTitle: Tobacco or Health: Choose Health. Creator: Mullick, Biman. Date: 1988. Description: In 1988, the World Health Organization celebrated its 40th anniversary and the first …

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Reports of the Surgeon General

WebTitle: Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Chapter 1) Creator: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for …

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Biographical Overview Florence R. Sabin

WebFlorence Rena Sabin was born on November 9, 1871 in Central City, Colorado, the second daughter of George K. Sabin, a mining engineer, and Serena Miner Sabin, a …

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Promoting Vitamin C Linus Pauling

WebThe result was a book published in 1971, Vitamin C and the Common Cold, marshaling the research data. It became a sensation, kicked off a public controversy in the press, and …

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About this Collection C. Everett Koop

WebC. Everett Koop (1916-2013) was an American pediatric surgeon who during a forty-year medical career pioneered important improvements in the surgical treatment of children. …

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AIDS, the Surgeon General, and the Politics of Public Health

WebC. Everett Koop's two terms as U.S. Surgeon General coincided with the rise of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, an epidemic that, scientists and health officials predicted, …

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Biographical Overview Virginia Apgar

WebApgar was born in Westfield, New Jersey, on June 7, 1909, to a family that (as she often described them) "never sat down." She was the youngest of the three children of Charles …

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A Full-time Activist: The National Committee Against Mental Illness

WebAt the same time, the very definition of mental illness shifted and expanded to include not just organic psychosis (e.g. schizophrenia), but conduct disorders and social deviance …

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Anti-Smoking Campaigns Visual Culture and Health

WebIntroduction. This section of the exhibit on anti-smoking campaigns scrutinizes the political, social, and psychological messages utilized by anti-tobacco educators since the 1960s in …

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Congenital Birth Defects and the Medical Rights of Children: The …

WebThe moral and religious tone of Koop's stance made it suspect to many liberals and civil libertarians. Nonetheless, in his view, the nation's medical and legal system had clearly …

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Background Information National Commission on AIDS, 1989 …

WebOn June 5, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published the first reports of a new disease, soon to be named Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS …

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