TY  - JOUR
T1  - CUlture, society, and health
AU  - Foy FH
Y1  - 1961/11/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110146027
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 806
EP  - 807
VL  - 108
IS  - 5
N2  - From the time that disease has been recognized as influencing the many, thought has been given to causative factors. Religion pointed to the celestial, but a more mundane consideration emphasized the terrestrial. Limiting the discussion to the latter, environment held the stage for centuries beginning before the time of Christ and extending to the Golden Era of Bacteriology. During this period emphasis on organisms as causative agents of disease gained ascendancy. Genetics also flourished during the period, and due attention was accorded host factors. In recent years the Social Sciences have emphasized the importance of the environment, and we have come full circle in disease causation. In fact, for a time the humanities proclaimed the fact that man is solely the product of his environment. The parasite or agent was acknowledged reluctantly, and man, as host, was relegated to a minor position. There is evidence in the last decade that
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110146027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110146027
ER  -