The response to the trench diseases in World War I: a triumph of public health science.

摘要: The recent 90-year anniversary of the Battle Somme presents an opportunity to examine public health response trench diseases, new conditions which arose in trenches World War I. Throughout history, there have been two views epidemic disease: configurationist and contagionist perspectives. Most doctors responding 'contingent-contagionists', combined these conceptions disease. Because difficulty finding a causative organism absence effective treatment, majority view became that were product environment. Configurationism, with its emphasis on environmental social determinants, seemed provide most obvious approaches for tackling diseases. diseases effectively controlled using tools science: sanitary discipline battery measures, such as improving construction, diet, providing protective kit, regular bathing treating lice infestation. demonstrates triumph science over medical technologies. It also illustrates importance considering all many determinants close surveillance, partnership working counter ill-health. Although technology, training, doctrine beliefs change time, interaction between disease environment remains core challenge practitioners.