The History of Environmental Health
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Who is credited with writing 'Airs, Waters, and Places' and was the first to connect the environment with disease?

  • Paracelsus
  • Hippocrates (correct)
  • Romans
  • Pliny the Elder
  • Which key figure studied mining hazards?

  • Pliny the Elder (correct)
  • Von Ausberg
  • Ramazzini
  • Paracelsus
  • Who is known for the phrase 'Dose makes the poison' and studied diseases of mine and smelter workers?

  • Edward Jenner
  • Paracelsus (correct)
  • Ramazzini
  • Hippocrates
  • Who correlated chimney workers with scrotal cancer?

    <p>Percival Pott</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote 'Silent Spring' and brought attention to the harmful effects of pesticides?

    <p>Rachel Carson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is credited with developing the malthusian principle, which suggests that food insecurity occurs because food supply grows arithmetically while population grows exponentially?

    <p>Thomas Malthus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which key figure presented many new disease theories to lawmakers during the period of 1700-1850?

    <p>John Graunt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote the book 'Airs, Waters, and Places' and was the first to connect the environment with disease?

    <p>Hippocrates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which key figure studied the diseases of workers and the effects of metal labor?

    <p>Ramazzini</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is associated with the phrase 'Dose makes the poison' and focused on studying diseases of mine and smelter workers?

    <p>Paracelsus</p> Signup and view all the answers

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