Diphtheria

The disease I have chosen to research is the polio virus. The full name is poliomyelitis. The name comes from a Greek origin meaning, gray and marrow which refer to the spinal cord, and –itis which means inflammation. This disease was a major fear in the early 20th century. There are two major different types of the disease which I will discuss further in this paper. One of the two I will discuss is broken down into three different categories. I will go further into depth with all of the types.…

diseases are highly feared and caused by contact with contaminated water or food. The food is contaminated by pollution of the land and crops as well as the many fertilizers that farmers would use on the crops. Other diseases including tuberculosis and diphtheria, which are common bacterial infections, spread easily. People were continuously sick and large percentages of deaths were caused by some sort of disease or malnutrition. Industrialization made spreading of diseases more rapid…

Water is undoubtedly one of the most essential components of life as we know it. Almost every living organism on earth needs water to survive. And while water is one of the most needed resources, it isn't always in large supply and it isn't always of usable quality. With the increasing numbers in human population continuing to rise– our world has become more developed, more congested and more polluted. Water pollution has become much more prevalent with the development of human settlements,…

or licensed day care facilities. The problem with this however is that every state except Mississippi and West Virginia allows children to be exempted from vaccination for religious reasons. Vaccine-preventable diseases, such as whooping cough, diphtheria, hepatitis, measles, poliomyelitis, human papillomavirus, and mumps are still a threat that results in the hospitalization of many children in the U.S. This, therefore, calls for the need for the federal governments to ensure that all children…

“A transcendent God, as a First Cause, created the universe, but then left it to run on its own. God is thus not immanent, not fully personal, not sovereign over human affairs, not providential. To deists God is only a force or energy to be recognized” (Sire). Deists believe God created the world but has since remained indifferent to it. Because of some historical events that took place, Mark Twain became a Deist which one can see through his work, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Samuel…

Facts of immunisation Australian research shows that some parents are concerned about vaccine safety and effectiveness. It is important for parents to understand that the risk of complications from childhood diseases such as measles is much higher than the risk of reactions after immunisation. When parents of young children have had no direct experience of childhood diseases, it is easy to underestimate their effects and complications. Immunisation and the immune system Myth: The body’s immune…

Polio. Rubella. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Measles. Mumps. These are all diseases which can be prevented by the use of vaccines. According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control, 732,000 American children have been saved from death via vaccines. This number is…

whose work The Canon of Medicine codified existing medical knowledge. The Canon includes descriptions, causes and diagnostic techniques for conditions such as rabies, stomach ulcers, different types of hepatitis, breast cancer, facial paralysis, diphtheria, leprosy, diabetes, cancer and gout. Later translations Latinized his name to Avicenna, and by the 13th century his work had become the standard medical reference text throughout Western Europe. Archaeology has further illuminated medical…

How would it feel to be a U.S. army soldier and have given all to your country; then in return, left for dead, forgotten, presumed to be dead? How could a soldier cope with the impending death that loomed over your shoulder? These questions are answered by one man who did not forget and wants to tell the rest of the world of what he found, Hampton Sides. He is the author of the stellar nonfiction book Ghost Soldiers published by Doubleday, Random house, Inc in June of 2001. The retelling of…

the weather would get super cold, they used newspapers to keep warm, which were then later known as “Hoover Blankets” (Press). The worst part of the Hoovervilles conditions is probably all the illnesses they cause. They caused people tuberculosis, diphtheria, diarrhea, rickets, influenza, pneumonia and skin disease, and they had no medical care for them (“Shanty Town Facts”). “People who lived in Hoovervilles did not have access to medical facilities and the living conditions in the shanty towns…