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Explanatory Style and Physical Health
For the Western world, a historical view of how the healing professions have approached the treatment and prevention of illness reveals three major eras. Throughout most of history, up until the time that germ theory emerged in the 1800s, the focus was solely on disease treatment. People went about their lives until they fell ill; then physicians entered the picture and attempted to combat the illness.
In the second era, starting with germ theory, the focus expanded to disease prevention. Public health workers tried to prevent germs from entering the body. ...
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