HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Canada Health Act, Canada Health Transfer, Narcotic Control Act

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Early settlers coming to canada were often: malnourished, susceptible to contagious disease spread through overcrowded boats, faced with extreme winters. Smallpox, influenza, measles, scarlet fever, and cholera epidemics decimated the population. The origins of the contemporary medical care system. The first medical school was established in canada in 1824. The first involvement of the state in medical practice was in 1832 (due to a possible cholera outbreak). Later, the government became involved in other types of public health efforts, including: the public health act, the food and drug act, the narcotics control act, and the establishment of hospitals and asylums. The early efforts of allopathic physicians to organize. Allopathic doctors attempted to have legislation passed that would: prohibit anyone other than allopathic practitioners from practicing, provide the allopaths with licenses under which they could practice, control admittance to allopathic practice. 1852: upper canada journal of medical, surgical, and physical science is established.

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