Book Reviews
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Book Reviews A History of Education and Public Health: Health That Mocks the Doctor's Rules Edited by Elizabeth Fee and Roy M. Acheson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 349 pages. The History of Education and Public Health: Health Tht t Mocks the Doctor's Rules presents a series of coordinated essays by a impressive list of contributors. The nine chapters contain subjects rang- ing from public health and preventive medicine to professional educa- tion, the history of public health, and predictions for the future. The primary intent of this text is to compare the public health system of the United Kingdom with that of the United States. Chapter 1 briefly introduces the historical development of public health in both Great Britain and the United States, covering such topics as sanitary engineering, social reform, and bacteriology. Chapter 2 dis- cusses Great Britain's public health diploma, focusing predominantly on the academic requirements and the interrelationship between the uni- versities and the medical associations. The next chapter discusses the struggles of the British public health practitioner in trying to gain an independent professional identity among peers in the medical commu- nity. The author writes about the development of public health educa-