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William Thompson Sedgwick

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PhD Biology Johns Hopkins University

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According to Wikipedia, William Thompson Sedgwick was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He was president of many scientific and professional organizations during his lifetime, including president of the American Public Health Association in 1915. He was one of three founders of the joint MIT-Harvard School of Public Health in 1913.

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William Thompson Sedgwick's Published Works

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Physiology of plants. (1887) (86)
On the Mills-Reincke Phenomenon and Hazen§s Theorem Concerning the Decrease in Mortality from Diseases Other than Typhoid Fever Following the Purification of Public Water-Supplies (1910) (59)
THE TEACHING OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. (1915) (29)
A Short History of Science. (1918) (22)
FOREWORD THE GENESIS OF A NEW SCIENCE,—BACTERIOLOGY (1916) (13)
STANDARDIZATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING: Report of the Committee of Sixteen. (1921) (10)
AN EXAMINATION OF THE THEOREM OF ALLEN HAZEN THAT FOR EVERY DEATH FROM TYPHOID FEVER AVOIDED BY THE PURIFICATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES TWO OR THREE DEATHS ARE AVOIDED FROM OTHER CAUSES. (1908) (10)
THE ORIGIN, SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF BACTERIOLOGY. (1901) (10)
Observations on the Mean Pressure, and the Characters of the Pulse‐wave in the Coronary Arteries of the Heart (8)
Biological studies by the pupils of William Thompson Sedgwick. (6)
Discussion of "Works for the Purification of the Water Supply of Washington, D. C." (1906) (6)
THE MODERN SUBJECTION OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION TO PROPAGANDA. (1902) (6)
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS AND AMERICAN FAILURES IN PUBLIC HEALTH WORK. (1915) (5)
THE CALL TO PUBLIC HEALTH. (1908) (5)
A Bacteriological Examination of the Boston Milk-Supply (1892) (4)
ON THE PROPER CORRELATION OF PHYSICIANS, ENGINEERS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS, IN PUBLIC HEALTH WORK. (3)
THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD IN SANITARY SCIENCE AND SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. (1906) (3)
THE RELATION OF ILLUMINATING GAS TO PUBLIC HEALTH. (1911) (3)
THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE AND THE TEACHING LABORATORY. (1913) (3)
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS AND AMERICAN FAILURES IN PUBLIC HEALTH WORK. (1915) (3)
The Readjustment of Education and Research in Hygiene and Sanitation. (2)
Acoma, the sky city : a study in Pueblo-Indian history and civilization (1928) (2)
Statistical Studies on the Seasonal Prevalence of Typhoid Fever in Various Countries and Its Relation to Seasonal Temperature (2)
A short history of science, by W.T. Sedgwick and H.W. Tyler ... (2)
WHAT TRAINING IN PHYSIOLOGY AND GYGIENE MAY WE REASONABLY EXPECT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (1903) (2)
ANNUAL DISCUSSION BEFORE THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. (1901) (2)
On the Relative Importance of Public Water Supplies and Other Factors in the Causation of Typhoid Fever. (2)
Is Typhoid Fever a “Rural” Disease? (1912) (2)
An Investigation of an Epidemic of Typhoid Fever in Somerville, Massachusetts, Due to Infected Milk (1893) (1)
General biology, by William T. Sedgwick and Edmund B. Wilson. (1)
On the Relation of Illuminating Gas to Public Health (1911) (1)
THE EXPANSION OF PHYSIOLOGY. (1907) (1)
Modern Medicine and the Public Health (1)
TEMPERANCE PHYSIOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (1902) (1)
pioneer of public health (1)
The American College as a Moral Force (1894) (1)
SEDGWICK AND WILSON'S BIOLOGY. (1)
COLD STORAGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. (1912) (1)
The Influence of Quinine upon the Reflex‐Excitability of the Spinal Cord (1880) (1)
THE RELATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE TO OTHER SCIENCES. (1905) (1)
Report of Committee on the Teaching of Hygiene and Granting a Diploma of Doctor of Public Health. (1)
Elements of physiology; being part I of "The human mechanism: its physiology and hygiene and the sanitation of its surroundings", by Theodore Hough ... and William T. Sedgwick ... (0)
RATS AND INSECTS AS PUBLIC ENEMIES. (0)
THE FALLACY OF TESTING FOOD MATERIALS BY ANIMAL INOCULATION (1912) (0)
Reviews and Notices (1887) (0)
VII. A STUDY OF THE RELATIVE POISONOUS EFFECTS OF COAL AND WATER GAS (1917) (0)
An Epidemic of Typhoid Fever in Lowell, Mass: Abstract of a Report upon the Sanitary Condition of the Water-Supply Made to the Lowell Water Board, April 10, 1891 (1891) (0)
REAPPEARANCE OF THE GHOST OF MALTHUS. (1913) (0)
The Peculiar Educational Value of the Methods of Science (1892) (0)
College and Hospital Notes (1908) (0)
EXPERIMENTAL AND STATISTICAL STUDIES ON THE INFLUENCE OF COLD UPON THE BACILLUS OF TYPHOID FEVER, AND ITS DISTRIBUTION. (1900) (0)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COLD STORAGE. (1922) (0)
Bacteria and Acidity of the Milk Supply of Boston: A Familiar Talk. (1897) (0)
Sewage and the Farmer (1912) (0)
What Training in Physiology and Hygiene May We Reasonably Expect of the Public Schools? (1903) (0)
Remarks on "Opposition to Vaccination.". (1902) (0)
Purification of Sewage-Polluted Waters by Sand Filtration. (1895) (0)
An Investigation of an Epidemic of Typhoid Fever in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, Due to Infected Milk (1893) (0)
EARLY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT LYONS, FRANCE. (1920) (0)
Elements of physiology : being part 1 of "the human mechanism, its physiology and hygiene aud the sanitation of its surroundings" (0)
Letter from W. T. Sedgwick to Albert F. Blakeslee (1906) (0)
FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COLD STORAGE. (1917) (0)
An introduction to general biology, by William T. sedgwick and Edmund B. Wilson. (0)
XX. MICROSCOPICAL ANALYSIS (1917) (0)
The Origin and Dissemination of Typhoid Fever. (0)
Instruction in Hygiene for Architects and Engineers. (0)
On the Protection of Public Milk Supplies from Pollution. (1897) (0)
Proceedings of Scientific Societies (1893) (0)
On the Influence of Variations in the Composition of Nutrient Gelatin Upon the Development of Water Bacteria. (0)
WHAT MASSACHUSETTS HAS DONE AND MAY YET DO FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (1915) (0)
Elements of physiology (0)
RECOVERY FROM A POISONOUS DOSE OF CHLORAL HYDRATE. (1878) (0)
WHAT TRAINING IN PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE MAY WE REASONABLY EXPECT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1904) (0)
Report of Committee on Teaching of Hygiene and Granting of Diploma of Doctor of Public Health. (0)

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