Cyrus Edson

He campaigned against adulterated milk, candy, and drugs and also headed the Board of Contagious Diseases, where his efforts against typhus and smallpox attracted much attention.

[7] In 1896 Edson published a book titled "Aseptolin: A Formulated Treatment for Tuberculosis, Septicæmia, Malaria and La Grippe, With Reports of Cases".

[9] The New York City Board of Health published pamphlets of his on "Artificial Feeding of Infants" (1891) and "La Grippe" (1893).

His 1895 North American Review article "The Microbe as a Social Leveller",[10] advancing the idea that public health affects the entire community, continues to be referenced.

[14] Another North American Review article, "On Nagging Women"[15] elicited a response from Lady Henry Somerset, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, and Mary Virginia Terhune.