Tetanus

of it to increase potency which saved hundreds of lives on the battlefield. Another major advancement was in the immunization of tetanus during the war. Work on tetanus may have started in WWI, but didn’t fully take off or become tested until WWII. It proved exceptionally well when “of the 17,000 men wounded at Dunkirk and who had been immunized before…none got tetanus” (Medicine and World War Two). Other notable medical advancements included the growth of blood transfusion, investigation into…

To be more specific, how size and mass of the muscle affect the force exerted and the super maximal value, how interval time between stimuli affect force, and how summation and tetanus can be resulted if intervals between stimuli are to short. Examining these areas are important because muscles are responsible for a majority of functions that are required for life. For the experiment it was hypothesized that when the voltage being…

they became resistant to the actual virus. Pasteur went on to use this theory to develop causes and vaccinations for diseases such as TB, smallpox, cholera and anthrax. Pasteur next discovered the rabies vaccine in 1885. Then, vaccines against tetanus, diphtheria, plague, tuberculosis…

Health Organization, Smallpox has resulted in more than 300 million deaths worldwide, but in 1980 following a successful global immunization campaign, the W.H.O. declared the disease eradicated, yet some diseases can’t be fully eradicated such as tetanus which is the only…

vaccine, and hundreds died from it each year. Today, most doctors have never seen a case of measles” (“What Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations,” 2014). Thanks to many years of immunization, the incidence for diseases such as polio, measles, and tetanus has been rare. The importance of these childhood vaccinations is to help protect against and provide immunity against major infectious diseases. Childhood immunization begins at birth and continues until the age of 18. As of now, there are 69…

Vaccination: There Is No Choice Disneyland: a place synonymous with clear skies, a smiling mouse, children laughing, teacups twirling, Dumbo’s ears flapping, and measles spreading. Measles, a disease that causes a deadly fever and a nasty skin rash is not something that should be associated with the happiest place on earth. After more than 1,000 people in North America were exposed to measles that originated in Disneyland, fingers were incorrectly pointed at Mickey instead of anti-vaxxers.…

Vaccination The controversy of vaccination has been a debatable topic for many people. It is defined as a substance that is used for the stimulation of antibodies to create immunity against illnesses and diseases, it is made from the causing agent of that certain disease and produced as a synthetic substance which prevents serious diseases such as influenza, hepatitis, smallpox, tuberculosis, or measles. By injecting the weakened version of the infection into the human body that releases…

To prevent pertussis, doctors often provide antibiotics like erythromycin which is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria and the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (TDAP) vaccine for teenagers and adults and diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTAP) vaccines for younger children which includes five injections and is highly recommended when you are an infant. Vaccinations come with simple side effects such as the following: crankiness…

INTRODUCTION: According to Ong andHho1 fournier’s gangrene was originally described by Baurienne in 1764, but named by jean Alfred Fournier(1832 - 1914) in 1883 when he described the occurrence of a condition characterised by sudden onset in previously healthy young men, rapid progression to gangrene and absence of a definite cause, as quoted by Stephens et al.2 and Laor et al.3 the Persian physician Avicenna (980 - 1037) had earlier described the same condition in his book the Canon of…

Assignment #3 Styria, Austria On my budget, I learned a couple of things to do with saving money. Being only a nineteen-year-old, you learn how costly it can be to go away to extravagant places and being able to afford you’re entertains. The budget made me realize that a vacation isn’t just unforgetting memories but something that can put a dent into your saving account. During my budget research one of the first things I did was my pre-travel. Now things can be pricy, for example, the…