Germ theory of disease

principle that like cures like, which argues that if a certain substance given to a healthy individual causes the same symptoms as a disease then it will also cure that disease in ill individuals. Additionally, these illnesses are believed to be caused by nonphysical disease entities called miasms. Misasms are what homeopaths believe to be the root causes of diseases. According to homeopaths in order to be cured the underlying miasm must be cured, because merely removing symptoms will not…

America die in masses from diseases like the Native Americans did from European diseases like smallpox? And the simple answer is livestock. Between the late 15th century and the late 19th century, 90% of the indigenous population of the new world died. This was not due to war, but mostly due to disease. As the Europeans came in vast numbers on their ships with livestock and their goods, with them they brought smallpox, bubonic plague, cholera, and an array of other diseases (Diamond 211). Logic…

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people had to fight poverty and diseases to an extent where living in the 1840s was egregious. Indeed, the 1840’s was a busy time; but nobody ever considers all of the millions of people living in the…

what ails them can be cured by medication, diagnostic tests etc. Prevention of infectious diseases in the population assists employers to minimise disruptions to work productivity. Vaccinations, research, genetics and pharmaceutical advances are continually being made to help extend life spans by avoiding preventable diseases and with these advances comes the potential to completely eradicate certain diseases. Conversely this model is individualistic in its approach to health and ignores how…

easy to spread germs these days and nearly everyone gets sick at least once a year. When Ebola came into the states, it did not take long to start spreading, same with Swine Flu, and many other highly contagious diseases. We get so overly cautious about staying healthy, washing our hands, and not sharing drinks because we are fearful of catching a horrible sickness or disease. That is partially how the zombie infection spread in World War Z— through contaminated food. We as “germ freak”…

Crime as a Disease Theory Contrary to popular belief, crime can be looked at many different ways. Some people believe criminals should be punished, other people believe that crime should be treated like a disease, and even some believe that there is no good way to handle crime. Many people believe that jail is a good solution to crime; however, there are people who are starting to believe that crime can be treated like a contagious disease. We all think of a disease as a cold, cancer, STD,…

space and better ventilation, as to allow for fresher air for the patients. Florence Nightingale appears to at least partially reject the idea of Germ Theory, arguing that contagion and infection are misused and incorrect ideas: infections were not passed between individuals but would affect individuals within the area that gave rise to “dirty” air and disease would proliferate without any physical contact. According to her writing in Notes of Hospitals, infection acts through the air, “point…

In Jared Diamonds’ book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, he focuses on the European expansion and the domination of western cultures on the world. The title, “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” refers to the categories of the advancements leading to the spread of European culture throughout the world. However, one aspect that Diamond fails to mention in his book is why western cultures come to dominate the world. Numerous social and cultural factors promoted this European expansion. As defined in the notes,…

Introduction Is the United States dominance as a country related to what Jared Diamond terms in his book Gun, Germs and Steel as the Yali’s question? Where Mr. Yali Jared Diamond’s New Guinean friend who was a politician asked him the reason why it was mainly the whites who developed so much consignment and brought it to New Guinea but they the black people had little shipment to call their own?” Yali’s use of the term cargo/ shipment/consignment connotes material goods such as steel axes,…