Medical topography

In geography, medical topography is "the systematic surveying, mapping, charting, and description of specific geographical sites, with reference to the physical features that were  presumed to influence health and disease. Often associated with  Hippocrates, the process became a significant part of public health  investigation and epidemiological methodology, particularly between the  17th and 19th centuries. Medical topography should be differentiated  from epidemiology in that the former emphasizes geography whereas the  latter emphasizes disease outbreaks."