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29 relations: Blackstone River, Carlos Finlay, Charles V. Chapin, Doctor of Medicine, Douglas, Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Joshua Mason Macomber, Local board of health, Malaria, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Route 16, Medical Officer for Health, Medicine, Mosquito, Mumford River, Pathology, Physician, Preventive healthcare, Providence, Rhode Island, Public health, Ronald Ross, Uxbridge Common District, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Vaccine, Vector (epidemiology), Walter Reed, West River (Massachusetts), William Augustus Mowry, Yellow fever.
Blackstone River
The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Carlos Finlay
Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti.
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Charles V. Chapin
Charles Value Chapin, M.D. (January 17, 1856 – January 31, 1941) was an American pioneer in public health research and practice during the Progressive Era.
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Doctor of Medicine
A Doctor of Medicine (MD from Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions.
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Douglas, Massachusetts
Douglas is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University.
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Joshua Mason Macomber
Joshua Mason Macomber, A.M., M.D (J Mason Macomber), (October 11, 1811 – February 9, 1881) was a noted educator and a physician from New Salem, Massachusetts, United States.
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Local board of health
Local boards or local boards of health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Massachusetts Route 16
Route 16 is an east–west state highway in Massachusetts.
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Medical Officer for Health
Medical Officer of Health, Medical Health Officer or District Medical Officer, is a title and commonly used for the senior government official of a health department or agency, usually at a municipal, county/district, state/province, or regional level.
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Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
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Mosquito
Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.
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Mumford River
The Mumford River is an U.S. Geological Survey.
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Pathology
Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Preventive healthcare
Preventive healthcare (alternately preventive medicine, preventative healthcare/medicine, or prophylaxis) consists of measures taken for disease prevention, as opposed to disease treatment.
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Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.
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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Ronald Ross
Sir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932), was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside Europe.
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Uxbridge Common District
The Uxbridge Common District is located in downtown Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
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Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts first settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1727.
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Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.
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Vector (epidemiology)
In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.
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Walter Reed
Major Walter Reed, M.D., U.S. Army, (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact.
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West River (Massachusetts)
The West River, in the US state of Massachusetts, is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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William Augustus Mowry
William Augustus Mowry (August 13, 1829 – 1917) was an American educator and historical writer, born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
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Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.
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References
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