Germ theory of disease

Leprosy, now commonly known as Hansen disease is one of the world’s oldest and most feared maladies disease. In over a thousand years the illness has managed to afflict millions of people all around the world. For centuries throughout many cultures and religions the disease was seen as a punishment from Gods or Goodness and divinely inspired and thought to be highly contagious. During the Middle Ages there was widespread beliefs about the causation of leprosy. As a result individuals who had…

that there were more easily domesticated plants and animals in Eurasia that in the America and fewer geographical and ecological barriers to the diffusion of crops, livestock, and agriculture. This cites the claims of Jared Diamond in his book Guns, Germs and Steel that has been routinely picked apart by many historians claiming that this is such scientific simplification of something spanning hundreds of years. This claim is also bolstered by the millions of views that the content creator on…

several experts have developed a theory that tap water contain about 141 unregulated chemicals which can easily arrive in our bodies and lead to various health problems including cancer, diarrhea, discomfort and pain. Instead on focusing on what type of…

The use antibacterial substances in personal care products –( Against perspective) Antibacterial substances in personal care products • Millions of people use antibacterial substances in their soap , believing it is essential in fighting germs. • Researchers at the University of California concluded in three different studies that the tricolsaon and tricarbon in the antibacterial soap have possibility to affect the nervous sytem and sex hormones • Antibacterial substances make profit of 1…

Medicine is the scientific practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, this encompasses a mixture of natural health remedies using herbs and transmutation of various ingredients including noble metals like silver and gold. Throughout history, societies have medical beliefs that provide explanations for birth, death, and disease. In early history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astral influence, or the will of the gods! Some of the earliest records…

diet that will counteract a disease process. Infection is counteracted with foods such as fruits, fish, vegetables, and barley. Cuban Americans may seek out herbal treatment from an elder along with the use of Westernized medicines. Some in the Hispanic culture believe supernatural forces can cause illness. Mal de Ojo, or the evil eye, is caused by an individual being envious over another person’s child. Mal puesto is the use of witchcraft to cause another person disease. Both are supernatural…

Neurodegenerative disease is an all-encompassing term for an array of conditions which principally affect the neurons of the human brain. These make up the nervous system, which also incorporates the spinal cord and, under normal circumstances, do not replace themselves or reproduce. Therefore, when they are damaged or die off, they are unable to be replaced. Neurodegenerative diseases are debilitating conditions that result in progressive degeneration and/or the death of nerve cells. This…

experimentation is very important. The source, Neavs.org provides information on what happenes in testing labs; it states, “in research and testing, animals are subjected to experiments that can include everything from testing new drugs to infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing, burning skin, causing…

drug supply and provision in the Confederate Army, while Smith’s book details the history of the U.S. government laboratories in Philadelphia and Astoria, New York. Next came historian Bruce A. Evans, who studied drug therapies during the war in his book, A Primer of Civil War Medicine. Evans’ presents in his argument in a unique and interesting way by presenting “the essentials of medical therapeutics as they would have been summarized by a reasonably well trained mainstream physician during…

hand hygiene can be achieved by applying an alcohol based gel. Handwashing is an essential factor in eliminating the spread of infection, as it is key that everyone, be it a patient, visitor or healthcare professional helps to reduce the risk of germs by having an awareness of how easily infections can be transmitted via their hands. Infections can be passed in many different ways, these include airborne viruses which are spread by coughing and sneezing or infections that are transmitted by…