Viral hemorrhagic fever

the hardest dilemmas that doctors face. According to Nuland’s novel, The Doctor’s Plague, where a group of obstetrical doctors came together at Vienna’s general hospital, Allgemeine Krankenhaus, in order to figure out the leading causes of childbed fever epidemic (Nuland). It took them years and decades to find out the roots of the disease. They conducted several theories and experiments to come up a solution, and most of them did not succeed. Semmelweis was one of the young obstetricians who…

Fever 1793 In the summer of 1793 a deadly sickness called Yellow fever spreads everywhere and affects almost everyone, including a young fourteen year old girl, named Matilda, but goes by Mattie. Mattie lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where her family owns a coffee shop in a small wooden building. When Mattie hears about the yellow fever that is caused by a female mosquito bite she becomes so worried. Almost the whole city gets infection with this fever, including Mattie's mother. Her mother…

Loiasis is called the African eye worm. It is caused by the parasitic worm Loa loa. This disease is transmitted by horseflies breeding in the forests of West and Central Africa. Loiasis gets its name from the well-known sign which is the visible passing of the Loa loa worm through the eye. Day to day the disease has receives little to no attention. Loiasis considered as a barrier to other disease control efforts. This is so because individuals with a large amount of Loa loa larvae in the blood…

article on the disease Zika. The article chronicles the journey of a 48 year old man, and then tells about the problems we face with Zika. It start with a man who showed up to a clinic with some strange symptoms: a rash that covered his body, high fever, back pain, and an eye infection. This man had been traveling prior to the symptoms in Polynesia and the South Americas. During his extensive travels he felt fine, although he was eaten by mosquitos, which didn’t bother him as he had gotten…

consist of a slight fever, maculopapular rash, a headache, myalgia, arthralgia, and non-purulent conjunctivitis. In an occurrence in France in 2013 and 2014 neuro logical and auto-immune difficulties presented itself for the first time. Content Origin The Zika virus itself is a mosquito-borne, positive-sense, and a one-stranded RNA virus. Zika belongs to the family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus that can cause a mild, intense febrile illness. Scientists studying yellow fever in 1947 stumbled…

Did you know that the book Fever 1793 has almost a 5 star rating. In the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse. The book teaches about family because Mattie saved Grandpa gave his life for Mattie then mother searched for Mattie and almost gave her life just so she could find her daughter. In my opinion family, well just know your family has a spot no matter how big or how small they always love you. The main idea of this paragraph is when Mattie helped Grandpa when they got kicked off the…

Historical Fiction novel, Fever 1793, takes place in Philadelphia- a large city- during the fever epedemic. Mattie Cook lives in a coffeehouse with her Mother, Grandfather, and her cook Eliza. By the time the fever epedemic breaks out, Mattie has to be strong in order to survive. Anderson uses descriptive words and sentence varitey to show the theme of the story; bravery. The author creates this lesson to show that someones bravery can save an entire city. The theme in Fever 1793 by Laurie…

Rod Temperton has been called pop music's "Invisible Man" because few knew his name. But his songs were megahits in the 1970s and 80s. Along with big hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music helped define the disco era. Temperton died of cancer last week in London, according to a statement from his publisher. He was 66. Temperton wrote such hits as "Thriller," "Rock with You," and "Boogie Nights." But even disco had songs that were layered with great harmonies and robust horn parts.…

Alyssa Potts Period 4 22 March 2017 1970s Popular Culture/Music The 1970s pop culture is a blend of both the 1960s and an individual movement impacted by the Vietnam War. It was a pivotal time in history as fashion, cars, movies, TV shows, music, sports, and disco dancing all shaped the coming decades. There was a tremendous amount of growth in the economy in the 1970s with inflation being so high. The 1970s brought the end of the Vietnam War, colorful disco fashion, and a television in every…

The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaks during the first weeks of October. Philadelphia then the nation’s capital was the most cosmopolitan city in the United States. During the yellow fever epidemic during 1793 in philadelphia 5,000 or more people were listed in the official register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. Yellow fever is known for bringing on a characteristic yellow tinge to the eyes and skin and for the terrible black vomit…