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This article talks about how during the Progressive Era, living conditions caused serious problems among the public. Because of poor sewage systems, food that is unsanitary, and lack of medical attention, people often fell sick with infectious illnesses. A disease that commonly plagued the public was called pellagra, this resulted from inadequate diet and lack of proteins, which left those who suffer from it with fatigue and debility. People were also troubled by malaria, tuberculosis, small pox, typhoid fever, among many others. In order to help the public and solve the problems that were plaguing the community, access to health care, proper education on the subject, information on medical science, and support from the government were instrumental. Those in the medical field weren't completely sold on the idea of public health, probably resulting from the previous system of lying to the consumer in order to gain personal wealth. But, small steps were made towards the overall progression of health among the public. The purpose of this article is to inform the reader about life and health during the Progressive Era. This article is targeted to students/ people who want to know about health during this era. The purpose is to inform the public about the disgusting and dangerous conditions that used to plague the nation. It is important that people know about how medicine was in the past so they understand the value in the medical community. A strength this article has is that it provides a lot of information, making it easier to absorb a wide variety of facts for my paper. This article could potentially be biased considering it was written focused specifically about the state Georgia and was written by the Georgian Institutions, but, most of the information presented are facts, so, that could not be influenced by bias. This source was helpful to my paper because it set a baseline of general information about medicine during the Progressive Era.