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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Rachel Carson (A)</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 (D)</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 (C)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Ramazzini (B)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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