Antiseptic

2.4 Medical Science It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. – Hippocrates (460-377 BC), the ancient Greek physician – considered as one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine and, often referred to as the ‘Father of Medicine’ Visualize a chip that is implemented in the brain, which processes images from an artificial retina grafted in the eye and restores the vision of a blind person. Visualize a…

The Truth Behind the Needle Adults and parents across America want to make the best decisions regarding maintaining good health. With good health comes considering whether to receive vaccinations or not. Proponents of immunization advocate for mandatory vaccination as a part of health care regimes. Research shows that vaccines can save lives and are safe to be distributed into humans. By becoming vaccinated, it reaps benefits on the economy as well as helps protect future generations from…

subject of the black body and addresses the racially fueled violence that has been targeted at African-Americans for generations. He explains, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage. Enslavement was not merely the antiseptic borrowing of labor—it is not so easy to get a human being to commit their body against its own elemental interest,” which depicts the extent to which African-Americans are marginalized, oppressed and abused because of their skin color. This…

Site Evaluation Introduction: The facility that I went to for the site evaluation was Baxter YMCA. It is located in Greenwood, Indiana right off of highway 31 on Shelby Street. The hours of operation for the Baxter YMCA are different for each of the areas in the building. For the entire center, the hours are as follows: M-F 5am-10pm, Sat 7am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm. The child watch hours are M-F 8am-2pm, 4pm-8pm, Sat 8am-1pm. For the service desks, the hours are M-F 8am-8pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun…

ancient times, with one of the first being trepanation, a procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull. After that came bloodletting in the 1500’s. “Modern” surgery didn’t come into play until the 1800’s with the invention of anesthesia and antiseptic, but death rates were still high. Appendicitis meant death until 1885 and the risk of dying on the table was above 50% until the 1900’s. Death rates lowered with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928 (Whitlock). Today, there are x-rays and…

In the Blink of an Eye She is an enchantress. She is the thin crimson film of blood enveloping slashed wrists. She is a flame gone wild. She burns and she swallows. She is the agony of salt buried in a knife wound. She is the destructive madness of love and hatred. She is fire, for fire burns and it swallows. She is fire. She is fire, and her name is Red. I used to live like I was meant to. With a home and a mother, and affluence and wealth. My mother was happy, and I was not, simply because…

Perhaps your obsession with long hair might have been birthed through being introduced to all of those Disney princesses with long hair. Your desire for long hair might’ve also stemmed from an understanding that society praises it. Many people are like Erich von Stroheim who openly admitted to being “old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair.” Whatever the case may be, find solace in the fact that many women long to have beautiful, flowing tresses. Some of the standard ways of promoting…

aspects of military medicine. Medical journals were being copied and sent over seas, could communicate over telegraph and telephone. This meant that noe for the first time all countries were on an equal basis of science and medicine. The advent of antiseptics, X-rays, vaccines against diseases, a major breakthroughs in surgery pioneered by scientist such as Lister and Pasteur occurred toward the end of the 1900’s. Combat Medics: First aid care was given at the site of injury by company…

A dark and dingy room with a single spotlight above the rusty gray operating table feeling the cold steel table on her back as she endures a sharp blade tearing her abdomen open. Experiencing dreadful pain, screeching, and pleading desperately to stop the agony. Then a burst of relief as she hears the wailing cry of her newly born child. Mothers, such as Laila, goes through obstacles created by the Taliban to restrict women’s health and the lack of necessities to operate a hospital. Khaled…

Impetigo is the most common bacterial infection in children. This is a highly contagious infection of the superficial layers of the epidermis and is primarily caused by Streptococcus pyogenes or Staphylococcus aureus (1). Sometimes Streptococcus or strep bacteria can cause impetigo. It is most common in children between the ages of two and six, although anyone can become infected. The most common form of impetigo is called Impetigo contagiosa. This type usually starts as a red sore on your…