History of Public Health: A Timeline: Quick Facts

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Kabul: Ministry of Public Health

Edwin Smith papyrus

Caesarea: Roman aqueduct

The first microscope

Smallpox vaccination

Broad Street cholera outbreak

Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.

Penicillin mold grown in a lab

World Health Organization

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