Spleen

yang among elite men, wealth in one place means poverty in another. “The basic nature of tobacco, as an herb that ascended upward and outward to protect heat, was pure yang” (Benedict). The medical practices using tobacco focused on the stomach and spleen. It was used as a treatment for numerous alignments, “tobacco had the power to aid digestion, to disperse fullness after eating, to arrest the violent vomiting of huoluan, and even to eliminate innate intestinal parasites” (Benedict). Doctors…

This definition does not do the stem cell justice. Stem cells are cells that have yet to develop a purpose. They are used in various tissues and organs throughout the body to repair and replace cells that can no longer preform their function properly. The term stem cell was first used in 1868 by biologist Ernst Haeckel. He was using the term to describe a fertilized egg that becomes an organism. This is the basis of what an actual stem cell is, one type of cell that becomes another. The next…

An Exploration of Utilitarianism One common school of thought in political philosophy is utilitarianism. The utilitarian justification for the state is that the existence of a state promotes happiness better than if the state didn’t exist. One objection to this is that utilitarianism will require us to do things that we intuitively think are horrible although they might promote overall happiness. In this paper, I will argue that this objection threatens the success of the utilitarian…

Gallium is one of those elements that is used in industry every day. Gallium was discovered in Paris at the private laboratory of Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1831-1912) at 3 a.m. on August, 1875. He observed a new violet line in the atomic spectrum of some zinc he had extracted from a sample of zinc blende ore (ZnS) from the Pyrenees. He knew it meant that an unknown element was present. Gallium comes from Gallia, the Latin name for France. Gallium also has origins in the Latin word Gallus.…

The most exceedingly terrible mishap in the historical backdrop of this atomic force era happened on the morning of April 26, 1986. It was at the Chernobyl (Ukraine) atomic force station in the Soviet Union. At 1:32am Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Telyatnikov got a phone call and was informed that there was a blaze at the atomic force plant. There were numerous reasons their plant had exploded backward. These reasons included human blunder and poor plant outline because of the cool war. Chernobyl…

Peggy Fender is a 59 year old woman who appears to be an alcoholic as she has had many visits to the emergency department in the past. She arrives in the afternoon appearing intoxicated and complaining of abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant of her abdominopelvic cavity. As Tim, the physician assistant proceeds with his examination he notices bruising on her arms legs and face. She is jaundiced and he notices the smell of alcohol on her breath. In addition, her liver and entire abdomen are…

out again, doctors used a variety of techniques, the most famous, being bloodletting. (“Development of Surgery”). The Four humors were all linked to a nature, an organ, element, and a temper. The Four Humors were known as: Backbite which linked to, spleen, cold and dry, and the earth. Phlegm which was linked to, the head, cold wet, and water. Yellow bite which was linked to the lungs, cold wet, and the air. Last humor was known as Blood, which linked to the gallbladder, warm dry, and fire.…

Dolores Fernandez was born, in a small mining town in the mountains of Dawson in northern New Mexico on April 10, 1930. Her Father, Juan Fernandez was a farm worker and a miner and her mother, Alicia was a woman's activist. Juan was a union activist that ran for political office and won a seat in the New Mexico legislature in 1938 and alicia was known for her kindness and humanity towards others. Alicia provided affordable rates in her 70 room hotel, which she bought after years of hard work.…

Food is a part of our every-day lives, it is what nourishes our bodies and provides us with the energy to carry out the day. However, the introduction of genetically modified organisms changes the way we see food—for better or worse. Genetically modified organisms have had a specific gene from their genome altered, or a foreign gene introduced. This alteration or introduction of a (foreign) gene alters characteristics of the organism, usually a change in nutrition, herbicide resistance, or size.…

pneumonia if it enters lungs. Benzine, toluene and other light hydrocarbons of oil and fuels if inhaled, are transferred rapidly to the bloodstream from the lungs and can damage red blood cells, suppress immune systems, strain the liver, spleen and kidneys and even interfere with the reproductive system of animals and humans. As you can tell, there is a very serious health risk involved to humans. In general, refined petroleum products tend to be more toxic to…