Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Britain: Health and the People (c1000–Present).
Using medicine preventatively on entire herds or populations before a disease occurs.
Prophylactic use appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Thematic Studies, especially Britain: Health and the People (c1000–Present) and Modern Treatment of Disease.
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