• Showed that epidemics could be stopped without curing the disease

• Convinced government to pass strict Public Health Act

• Public Health Act increased civilian life expectancy from 40 years to 60

• Before this, epidemics were a major cause of death:

  • 4 in 10 civilian deaths were from infectious disease

  • Half of all urban children were dying before age 5

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