The role of the Hygiene Department of Stephen Bathory University in the development and promotion of Public Health in Vilnius in the years 1922–1939

Objective: During the interwar period, the healthcare system in Europe experienced a dramatic transformation. It was perceived that preventive medicine was no less important than curative medicine. Moreover, without proper prevention of the so-called social diseases, all later therapeutic measures w...

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Main Author: Aistis Žalnora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences 2018-12-01
Series:Studia Historiae Scientiarum
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Online Access:http://www.ejournals.eu/sj/index.php/SHS/article/download/6864/6796