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Epidemiology And Culture
Medical anthropology and epidemiology began from a common objective, namely to explain the health of human populations using observational techniques. But with a few notable exceptions, medical anthropologist and epidemiologists rarely had much to do with one another until the last quarter of the twentieth century.rn
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rnEpidmeiologists interested in history commonly trace the origins of their discipline back 2400 years to Hippocratic texts, particularly, Airs, Waters, Places, which emphasized environmental factors (seasons, winds, water, position, and soil) in disease causation. But Hippocrates also discussed diseases as attributes of populations, and he emphasized the etiologic significance of the mode of life of a towns populace.
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