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Preventive or Public Health Practice

Practice class sorts health practices by the broad kind of action each one is, such as hygiene, screening or treatment. Wikipedia defines hand washing as "the process of cleaning the hands with soap or handwash and water to eliminate bacteria, viruses, dirt, microorganisms," placing it firmly in the hygiene class. This dimension lets a visitor compare practices that do the same kind of protective work.

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Era of EmergenceSourced to the subject's own account
1796 1
Preventive or Public Health Practice
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1. Wikipedia: Vaccination
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In 1796, Edward Jenner, a doctor in Berkeley in Gloucestershire, England, tested a common theory that a person who had contracted cowpox would be immune from smallpox.
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