15 Greatest Milestones in Health and Medicine Online Lecture Series

29 AUGUST 2007

Lecture One
ORAL HYDRATION THERAPY: A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR MAKES THE MEDICINE GO DOWN

Elizabeth Elliott
The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School

There exists a simple, cheap solution, taken orally that has saved the lives of millions of children. First tested in refugee camps in the 1970s, it works quickly and effectively.

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Lecture Two
SANITATION: PRAGMATISM WORKS

Dr Jeremy McAnulty
Director, Communicable Diseases Branch
NSW Health

1n 1834 a lawyer developed a comprehensive answer to worsening urban health. The result was a new sewage disposal and water system that would revolutionise public health in Europe.

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