Origin year places a health practice in the year it was first adopted. Wikipedia records that after Semmelweis introduced hand washing in 1847, "the maternal mortality rate dropped from 18% to less than 2%" on his ward almost immediately. Browsing by origin year shows how long a practice a visitor takes for granted has actually been in use.
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Era of EmergenceSourced to the subject's own account 1920s
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1. Wikipedia: Nutrition
WikipediaNutrition, History sectionQuote, Nutrition, History section
Modern nutrition science began in the 1910s as individual micronutrients began to be identified.
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