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Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in which the Court ruled that a state statute permitting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, "for the protection and health of the state" did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the ...
He specified the need for precise details on age, sex, race, and occupation, as well as standard terminology for diseases and cause of death. This law was passed in 1842 and was soon copied by most other states. [12] His proposals greatly expanded the questionnaires used in the Massachusetts state census of 1845.
1900 – Swedish Dr. Stenbeck cures a skin cancer with small doses of radiation [4] 1920s – Dr. William B. Coley's immunotherapy treatment, regressed tumors in hundreds of cases, the success of Coley's Toxins attracted heavy resistance from his rival and supervisor, Dr. James Ewing, who was an ardent supporter of radiation therapy for cancer.
The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney sweeps. [ citation needed ] The work of other individual physicians led to various insights, but when physicians started working together they could draw firmer conclusions.
The Pennsylvania Anatomy Act of 1883 is legislation of the State of Pennsylvania to facilitate medical education. This act allowed teachers and students to be able to dissect bodies without have to resort to buying from grave robbers or buying body parts. This act was written to prevent grave robbing, and to even out the availability of corpses.
In July 2009, Connecticut passed into law a plan called SustiNet, with the goal of achieving health care coverage of 98% of its residents by 2014. [160] The SustiNet law establishes a nine-member board to recommend to the legislature, by January 1, 2011, the details of and implementation process for a self-insured health care plan called SustiNet.
Earle, with the help of a Democratic legislature, passed the "Little New Deal" in Pennsylvania, which included several reforms based on the New Deal and relaxed Pennsylvania's strict Blue laws. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] However, Republicans regained power in the state in the 1938 elections, and Democrats would not win another gubernatorial election until ...
One hundred and forty-six people, mostly women and young girls working in sweatshop conditions, died. [26] 1912 (United States) Massachusetts passes the first minimum wage law for women and minors. [26] 1912 (United States) Chicago newspaper strike occurred. [26] 1912 (United States) Fur Workers' Strike occurred. [26] 1912 (United States)