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American Journal of Epidemiology 2005 161(1):38-39; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi001
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Copyright © 2005 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Snippets from the Past: 70 Years Ago in the Journal

George W. Comstock 

From the Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Received for publication October 11, 2004; accepted for publication October 11, 2004.

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

Papers on topics related to bacteriology, protozoology, or helminthology constituted the bulk of the Journal’s contents again in 1934. Even among those selected for Snippets, only two deal with chronic disease. Five should interest the historians among us because they introduce five giants of preventive medicine and public health. They are listed below in alphabetic order. Before reading further, see whether you can match their names with the topics of the papers they are associated with.

1. James Doull a. Brill’s disease

2. Fred Soper b. Deafness

3. William Wells c. Droplet nuclei

4. C-E. A. Winslow   d. Pneumonia

5. Hans Zinsser  e. Yellow fever (viscerotomes)

Arnold L, Bart A. The self-disinfecting power of the skin. Am J Hyg 1934;19:217–28.

"The skin is one . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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