title: "Salus Populi Suprema Lex": the health of the people is the supreme law.
authors.affiliation: History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Helfand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theerman
mesh_terms: D002325:Caricatures as Topic / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D014881:Water Supply / Q000266:history*