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Title
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Disease prevention
Description
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This collection of publications provides a sample of methods used between 1855 and 1950 for promoting public health and safety, methods of disease prevention, household remedies for diseases, accidents and common ailments, and general health and wellness advice. Epidemiology is covered with small-pox, plague and diphtheria discussed in detail in government reports. The collection includes materials published by government departments, national health and medical associations, and independent authors. Many of the books and pamphlets in this collection feature advertisements and endorsements for commercially available medicinal products and food. Although primarily aimed at the Australian population, this collection also includes a <a href="http://fusion.deakin.edu.au/items/show/310">rare handbook</a> on the treatment of diseases in the Territory of Papua.
Date
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1855-1950
Subject
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Health and the home
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<a href="https://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30068631/cumpston1926historyplague.htm">Download </a>formatted text
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Title
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The history of plague in Australia, 1900-1925
Date
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1926
Language
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eng
Subject
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Epidemics -- Australia -- History
Plague -- Australia -- History
Relation
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Service publication / Commonwealth of Australia. Dept. of Health ; no. 32.
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30068631">Deakin Research Online - high quality PDF file</a>
Creator
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Cumpston, J. H. L. (John Howard Lidgett), 1880-1954
Australia. Dept. of Health
McCallum, F. (Frank), 1890-
Publisher
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Dept. of Health
Melbourne
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238 p. [2 folded] : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"><img style="border-style: none;" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/p/mark/1.0/88x31.png" alt="Public Domain Mark" /></a><br />This work is free of known copyright restrictions (except as otherwise acknowledged).
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Bibliography: p. 230-238. <br /><br />Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. <br /><br />Contact <a href="mailto:drosupport@deakin.edu.au">Deakin University Library</a> for access to high quality images.
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<a href="http://library.deakin.edu.au/record=b1381248">Deakin University Library catalogue</a>
Epidemics -- Australia -- History
Plague -- Australia -- History