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Industrial cures and preventions

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  • Early industrial-era cures were largely ineffective and based on traditional ideas. Gradual improvements included vaccination against smallpox and improved sanitation reducing disease spread.
  • Germ theory led to more effective treatments and preventative measures.
  • Prevention became more important than cure by the late nineteenth century.
  • The most common diseases of the time included typhoid, tuberculosis (TB), and cholera.

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