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With the dawn of the 19th century comes the "Great Sanitary Awakening."
Date: 1800
Sanitation
Epidemics & disease
Public health
Medical system (Western medicine)
"Filth" begins to be understood as both a cause of disease and a form of transmission. Cleanliness becomes linked with healthfulness, which will define the next century of health care.
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