Diphtheria

Medicine has been around since the 20th century and is still in use today. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that helps stop infections caused by bacteria. The first Antibiotic (Penicillin) was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Since the discovery of Penicillin many other antibiotics have been discovered. The development of antibiotics was an important innovation because it cured infections, treated patients during World War I with infections and burns that led to the development of…

It is no surprise why the life expectancy trends have increased over the years from a male infant born in the United States in 1930 whose life expectancy was 58 to today who is expected to live to the age of 80 and beyond (Boyd, 2012 p. 434). Many of those factors that contribute to the new life expectancy is the improvement in nutrition, general living conditions for pregnant women, infants, and young children, and overall health care (Boyd, 2012 p. 434). During the early 20th century,…

Aging is inevitable in all living things. As individuals age, a number of things occur, both mental and physical. Graying hair and wrinkled skin are external signs of aging and the most noticeable. Cognitive changes, which are associated with mental processes such as sensation and perception, memory, intelligence, language, thought, and problem-solving, occur among aging adults (American Psychological Association, 2015). People age at different rates depending on genetics, diet, culture,…

The author of the Little House series, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was a mother, a teacher, a farmer, a journalist, a loyal democrat, and an active political protester extraordinaire. However she is also the mysterious writer with her fans always asking what is true or fake in her books. ⅝ of her “Little House” books won Newbery awards. Laura even has a literacy award named after her called the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award”. She was the first awarded in 1954. l. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was…

of 3 children. With the Great Depression underlying life in the U.S. and the world during the 1930’s, there were some negative effects this period had on Bubbie’s life. When she was only 1 year old, her sister, 7 years old at the time, died from diphtheria. Bubbie asserted to me that if penicillin had existed at that time, it would’ve saved her sister’s life. Perhaps the events during this period caused neglect in certain areas…

which is belief in the value of social and political change in order to achieve progress. (Johnson Encyclopedia). It is to believed that there are two important life events that shaped Rawls’s philosophical work. He lost two younger brothers, one to diphtheria and the other to pneumonia. He also serves as in soldier in the pacific during the last two years of World War II. “These experiences also most likely influenced the development of his vison of justice…” (Johnson Encyclopedia). Rawls used…

Alexander Fleming “discovered the existence penicillin through a combination of perceptiveness and luck” (Krogh, 2011, p. 398). While he was growing bacteria in a petri dish, he notices the appearance of a type of fungus. The contamination caught the attention of Fleming. He realizes that he had found a substance that had the power to kill bacteria. Fleming continued to grow more fungal mold and tested it on different kind of bacteria. Additionally, he tested it on healthy mice in which he…

Since early times in History, the world has had diseases, plagues, viruses that cannot be cured. Even today, with all of our scientist discoveries, there are still some diseases that the medical profession cannot cure. Thankfully, organizations such as Center for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Medical Association (AMA), and many other organizations have been created for the common people’s benefit. These organizations, have safely proven that vaccines can and…

As a devout Christian, I believe that Judaism and Christianity are similar religions, and I wanted to explore what Jews believe in, and how those beliefs translate into their social and political views compared to what Christians believe in present day America. Growing up, I was raised as a Christian so my first exposure to Judaism was in high school. Going to school in South Beach, I was introduced to the very present Jewish communities throughout; many of my closest friends were Jewish and we…

where new technologies and inventions came to be and at the same time contributed to improving the lives of people in these communities. It is during these times that the first automobile was created, a medical breakthrough like the vaccine against diphtheria by Louis Pasteur was also announcing the great years to come, and the list can go on. Overall, this was a time, when great discoveries were made and yet, the welfare of children was overlooked and sacrificed for the sake of all…