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explanatory style and physical health  

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  • For the Western world, a historical view of how the healing professions have approached the treatment and prevention of illness reveals three major eras. Throughout most of history, up until the time that germ theory emerged in the 1800s, the focus was solely on disease treatment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior; Explanatory Style and Physical Health]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JQFCJM4V-3

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