Stephen Smith (surgeon)

Stephen Smith (surgeon)

Stephen Smith (1823 – 1922) was an American surgeon and a pioneer in public health.

Smith led the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Health in New York City in 1866, the first such public health agency in the United States. He later founded the American Public Health Association.

External links

* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/php/php-smith.html Biography at New York City government web site]
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1286518 Letter from Smith following the founding of the APHA]
* [http://www.apha.org/about/news/presskit/aphahistory.htm History of the American Public Health Association]


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