Diphtheria

Every year, school children begin the same ritual; mandatory vaccinations. They bring home packets full of forms stating which vaccines are required for each child to attend school. For most families, this is just another duty to add to a checklist of things to do for school and gets done without a second thought, but for some, this is a dreaded process. Many parents choose to opt out of vaccinating their children for reasons such as, medical limitations and religious beliefs, but over the last…

“I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it.”(Williams 2). this is the authority doctors used in the 1800’s. In “The Use of Force”, by William Carlos Williams identifies the manner in which society looks at doctors in the 1800’s which compares and contrasts to how modern society sees the medical profession. Doctor’s back in the 1800’s will use drugs as the medicine. Some of the doctors did not even go to college or anything they will just practice with a regular doctor for…

She died on November 7,1962 from Tuberculosis and Heart Failure. She was born into a well- established and wealthy family New York family. Her mother died of diphtheria in 1892 and her father died 2 years later after being confined to a mental asylum from alcoholism. Eleanor then lived with her grandmother for about 5 years and was sent to an all-girls school in Allenswood, England, where she met Madame Marie Souvestre…

and Men In a Race Against an Epidemic by cousins Gay and Laney Salisbury and it was published by W.W. Norton and Company in 2003. This book is set in Nome, Alaska during the winter of 1925. At this time there was a deadly widespread outbreak of diphtheria that was threatening the city's people. Many were dying and Dr. Welch knew he needed to do something to help save these people. The one thing that could truly get rid of this disease was a serum but Dr. Welch was running out and the supply he…

The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams is a short story that shows how humans can justify using force, even when the use of it is immoral. The story about a doctor visiting a poor, helpless family, worried about their daughter who might have diphtheria, turns from noble to evil. The drives, actions, and words used in the story tell us the aspects of humans in certain situations, through point of view, diction, and imagery, the reader can see the personality of the doctor that keeps the…

threatening risk one per million children (Possible Side-Effects from Vaccines). Bowel blockage, that could hospitalize a child, is cause from the Rotavirus vaccination. This can happen “in about one per about 20,000 babies in the United States.” DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussiss) and MMR vaccines can cause seizures, coma, lowered consciousness, and permanent brain damage. The CDC has reported that it’s so rare to suffer from these reactions that professionals have a difficult time…

caused by a fever, “A CDC study has shown a small increased risk for febrile seizures during the 24 hours after a child receives the inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) at the same time as the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate (PCV13) vaccine or the diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine,” (“Childhood Vaccines and Febrile”). Although not likely, negative side effects such as febrile seizures are possible post vaccination. Another counterargument is that some of the mandatory…

records show that in 1833 the mayor appointed five citizens to address the outbreak of Asiatic cholera. The group was successful and the mayor selected them to serve as a permanent body to be activated as needed for health emergencies. In 1900, diphtheria, pneumonia, and diarrhea were the health…

Introduction 23 is a lot of times to be repeatedly poked by a stranger with a needle but, “a child may receive up to 23 shots by the time he or she is 2 years of age” (Giving Multiple Vaccines to Children is Safe, 2009, p. 1). Vaccines may have been useful in the past to prevent life-changing diseases such as smallpox, but in the current day, there is no need to inject children with harmful substances, such as mercury, which can lead to permanent brain retardation, just to prevent diseases that…

Vaccines are deemed one of the most important medical discoveries in the twentieth century. Vaccines still continue to develop as years pass. Scientists may also perfect new ways of administering immunizations including edible vaccines and needleless injections. No matter how vaccines are formulated or delivered, vaccines will remain the most effective tool possessed for preventing disease and improving public health in the future ("History of Vaccine Safety", 2015). Although the safety of…