Germ theory of disease

vet sent samples of rabid dogs to Louis Pasteur, a french scientist who had success with conquering germs in the past, with a request to try and create a potential vaccine for rabies, and such began his work. After many years of studying the rabies virus, Pasteur made the prediction if he left infected tissue to dry, the virus would become weaker. And, as later experiments showed, that theory was correct. That was and still is called “attenuating” a virus, or is called an “attenuated” virus.…

P.E Theory Passport Assignment Belle Richardson 8.1 Inquirers Level 3 – After Henry tries to donate blood, he begins to wonder about what happens to blood after it is donated. Investigate and draw a flowchart for the processing of blood that is donated. Think about how blood is checked, classified and stored in this process. Blood is an essential for the function of the human body. There are people everywhere who are in need of more blood, currently in Australia 1 in every 3 people need blood,…

Throughout history, pastoral and agricultural societies ruled over Asia. But once man decided to venture off and explore new parts of the world, the dispersion of culture, people, animals, plants, religion, and diseases ensued. The interaction between societies allowed the world to become more advanced and efficient. Importantly, interactions between two cultures, on opposite parts of the world, has immensely impacted the world today. At a time when the Aztecs and Incas were becoming major…

can cause diseases. Almost every elementary schooler is fully aware of this fact. Nevertheless, at one point this was a groundbreaking discovery, one that was met with great skepticism and mockery. The German-Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis (July 1, 1818 – August 13, 1865) is credited with the discovery of what is now common sense: one should wash their hands between handling dead bodies and treating patients (Semmelweis Society International, n.d.). During Semmelweis’ time, disease was…

Will you vaccinate your child or let them die from a preventable disease? “Vaccines were used as early as 1000 AD”(procon.org). Since they have been around for a very long time they probably are very useful. “The first vaccine in the United States was in 1721 when Cotton Mather encouraged vaccination in response to an outbreak of smallpox”(procon.org). According to procon.org, the first smallpox vaccine was invented by Edward Jenner and was used for over two hundred years. This vaccine saved…

Sepsis, which also can be called septicemia, occurs when chemicals are released in the bloodstream to fight an infection trigger inflammation throughout the body. This can cause many changes that include: damage to multiple organ systems, leading organ failure. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition where the risk of death has been reported to be even higher than that associated with the major complications of atherosclerosis, such as myocardial infarction and stroke. In all three conditions,…

Cystic Fibrosis (being a single gene disorder) should, theoretically, be one of the simpler diseases to cure using this method. In this paper Gene Therapy, in relation to the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis, will be discussed, along with its effectiveness and limitations. The process of Gene Therapy using an Adenovirus vector will also be addressed as this is the most common method in the treatment of this disease. Cystic Fibrosis is a life threatening disorder which is passed on genetically. It is…

(CDC, 2016). Many preventable diseases are caused by lack of hygienic practices. By properly “washing hands before and after preparing foods, eating foods, caring for the sick, after using the toilet, blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing, and many more activities could reduce the spread of illnesses” (CDC, 2015). In order to understand the importance of washing hands and the effects it has, the socio-ecological model (SEM) is the method to use. The SEM is “a theory-based framework used to…

single cell disease, the ability to further research efforts in biology and neuroscience, and the ability to cure paralysis in patients. These feats are achieved because of stem cell therapy, but a limitation exists that stumps further ability for cures. Currently, stem cell therapy only works when exactly one type of cell needs replaced; once more types are added into the mix, stem cell therapy loses its value. Further research into stem cells will grant promise that multi-celled diseases can…

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…