附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction Evolving Concepts of Disease and Medicine -- Muhammad Ali and the Egyptians -- Response: Establishment of the Egyptian School of Medicine -- Cholera: The Epidemic of 1831 and Later Invasions -- The Plague Epidemic of 1835: Background and Consequences -- The International Quarantine Board -- The Conquest of Smallpox: Variolation and Vaccination -- Women Health Officers -- Urban and Rural Health Programs: Hospitals, Clinics, and Provincial Health Centers -- The Continuing Evolution of Concepts of Disease and Medicine -- Appendix 1 A Public Health Establishment in Egypt, 1825-1850 -- Appendix 2 Medical-Pharmaceutical Personnel in the Public Health Service in Egypt under the Direction of the Sanitary Administration Resident in Alexandria (1851).