Charles V. Chapin

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Charles Value Chapin, M.D., was born in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1884 to 1932, he served as the Health Officer for Providence, eventually becoming Superintendent of the Providence Department of Health. In 1927, he became President of the American Public Health Association. He also served as President of the American Epidemiological Society. He was awarded the Marcellus Hartley Gold Medal of the National Academy of Sciences and the W.T. Sedgwick Medal of the APHA. He received honorary degrees from Brown University, Rhode Island State College, and Yale University. During his long career, Chapin published more than 113 titles on public health administration, communicable diseases, and epidemiology. In 1910, he published his first book, The Sources and Modes of Infection, which was an important work on the method of disease communication. He argued that diseases were transmitted between people by personal contact, through food, and by contact with animal carriers. Although controversial at first, his work was ultimately recognized as groundbreaking, and contributed to community hygiene and sanitary science in both the United States and Europe. In 1918, he successfully used community hygiene practices to combat the pandemic flu in Providence. In 1924, he published Deaths among Taxpayers and Non-Taxpayers, which was one of the first works to establish the connection between economic status and health. In 1931, the Providence City Hospital was re-named the Charles V. Chapin Hospital in recognition of Chapin's contributions to the public health of Providence.

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A report on state public health work
Representative edition published 1977
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Papers of Charles V. Chapin, M. D
Representative edition published 1934
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How to Avoid Infection
Representative edition published 1918
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The sources and modes of infection
Representative edition published 1916
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A report on state public health work based on a survey of State Boards of Health
Representative edition published 1915
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The mode of infection and duration of the infectious period in scarlet fever
Representative edition published 1909
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Municipal sanitation in the United States
Representative edition published 1901
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State control of tuberculosis
Representative edition published 1900
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The sympathetic nerve
Representative edition published 1881
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State health organization
Representative edition published 1916
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Medical inspection of schools in Providence
Representative edition published 1909
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Public health and safety
Representative edition published 1905
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History of the "old high school" on School Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1828 to 1840
Representative edition published 1890
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Methods for the prevention of scarlet fever
Representative edition published 1888
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Stimulants and narcotics
Representative edition published 1883
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[Scarlatina pamphlets]
Representative edition published 1796
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