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Toxic Shock Syndrome Years Of Age
1,700 words... y lives. At first, it seemed to be a bad flu or cold, and Jamie was to spend a few days in bed. But it got worse... Jamie became disoriented and the slightest movement caused her to feel faint as her blood pressure sank lower. A fine red rash covered her torso; her kidneys had failed. She grew weaker and weaker. Her mother rushed her by boat to the doctor. They had to call an air ambulance. The paramedics were scared; they'd never seen anything like this before. It was clear that Jamie's con...
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Negative Effect Simple Fact
646 wordsWelfare is a long debated topic in American history; there has always been strong support for both sides all the way back to the framing of the constitution. But the truth is that welfare as a whole is a social toxin mostly effecting the children. The simple fact is that children suffer in many ways because the U. S welfare system has failed. It was designed mostly to help children and has ended up damaging and abusing the very children it was meant to help. The system failed because the very id...
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Bomb Was Dropped End The War
1,361 words... ce if the test failed to bring surrender, the chance would be gone to give chance of surprise. So the Interim committee wanted to hit Japan without warning. Further, it should be dropped on a combined military and residential target to produce the maximum psychological shock (Yass 60). July 1945 Truman tells Stalin (Neutral Germany) about the Atomic bomb (Yass 67). July 26, 1945 Truman gives ultimatum to Japan/Japan refuses Truman gives Japan an opportunity to end the war. Truman stated that...
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Biological Warfare Biological Weapons
1,873 wordsThere is no longer a question of whether or not a bioterrorism will attack, but rather the question remains, when will they attack? It is highly likely that a terrorist group could threaten or attack Americans with germs within the next few years, according to President Clinton. (Solomon) Biological warfare intentionally uses viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxins from living organisms and death or disease in humans, animals, or plants. Fermentation can be used to produce such bacterial agents as a...
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Sodium Hydroxide Bunsen Burner
1,009 wordsExperiments to Provide Evidence in a Prosecution Case with the Pervis Vinegar Company on Unknown Toxins The aim of this experiment is to preform tests on two samples of vinegar, one that is commercially safe and the other not (from the Pervis Company) to determine the unknown toxin contained in the Pervis Vinegar. Materials: Numerous Beakers/Conical Flasks Phenolphthalein Indicator Burette Numerous Test Tubes Sticky Tape Test Tube Rack Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Calculator Sample of Commercially Sa...
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Carbon Monoxide Uv Rays
1,307 wordsModern Health Hazards, dangers arising from man made circumstances that threaten the wellbeing of humans environment. These are normally taken as hazards arising from the mistakes human's have made over the past year's affecting the Healthy status of the entire planet completely. Different hazards threat human life on earth & By the level or extent of threat the effect can be serious and sometimes even cause death. Modern Hazards mainly are pollution of different types, Drugs, chemical usage and...
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Biological Warfare Agents Chemical And Biological
542 wordsBiological warfare agents are a unique type of weapons that is actually a living organism. Fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other macromolecules, which are capable of killing, are considered agents of biological war. When comparing equivalent amounts of biological and chemical warfare agents, the biological agent is far more potent. They are particularly dangerous since they can reproduce overtime causing the situation to become more deadly with time. In fact, is estimated that 1 gram of toxin coul...
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Adverse Reactions Chicken Pox
1,032 wordsIn 1996 a mother took her six-month-old son, Jonah, to the doctor to get his DPT vaccination. Two days later, Jonah came down with an ear infection. Bobbie took him into the doctor and the child was given a prescription of amoxicillin. The ear infection soon healed and all went well for about two months when the infection returned. Bobbie again took Jonah to the physician where he, this time, gave the boy a stronger form of amoxicillin. Again the infection soon diminished. About four months late...
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Biological Warfare Agents Operation Desert Storm
1,109 wordsOUTLINE Outline 2 Two Kinds of Biological Warfare Agents 2 a. Bacillus anthracis b. botulinum toxin III. Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center 3 IV. Investigation of the Use of Biological Warfare Agents 4 V. Conclusion 5 VI. References 6 Carrie E. Edge English 11 The Use of Biological Warfare by the Iraqis in Operation Desert Storm I. Introduction It was during the Gulf War when the Coalition forces was said to have utilized chemical warfare which were capable of a biological warfare. Due to ...
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Operation Desert Storm Biological Warfare Agents
1,035 wordsThe Use of Biological Warfare by the Iraqis in Operation Desert Storm It was during the Gulf War when the Coalition forces was said to have utilized chemical warfare which were capable of a biological warfare. Due to the threat, it was the task of the US Central Command to protect the forces and report the use of the biological warfare by Iraq. The Department of Defense initiated measures in order to document the possibility of the use of biological warfare as well as to report these biological ...
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History Of Chemical Warfare
1,920 wordsHistory of Chemical Warfare The introduction of chemical warfare can be attributed to German chemist Fritz Haber who played a leading role in the development of poison gas during World War One. After much convincing he persuaded the Central Powers (i. e Germany, Turkey, etc. ) to use chlorine gas to break through enemy lines. The Germans awarded him with an Officers rank and he went on to direct the first gas attack in War history. This attack which occurred on April 22, 1915, was the first of n...
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Nuclear Chain Reaction Bomb Was Dropped
2,744 wordsTHE HISTORICAL CONTEXT WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB THE CHAIN REACTION BOMB Atomic bomb imagined The New York Press reports: New hope for releasing the enormous stores of energy within the atom has arisen from German scientists. World famous Niels Bohr of Copenhagen and Enrico Fermi of Rome, both Nobel prize winners, acclaim this experiment as one of the most important in recent years. Fermi now realized that his new element 93 had been a product of splitting the urani...
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Hillside Sowashco K Man Of War Portuguese
569 wordsThe Portuguese man-of-warMan-of-War Man-of-War The Portuguese man-of-war if a member of the Kingdom Animalia, phylum Cnidaria (1), class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophra, the genus Physalia, and the species Physalia (2). The man-of-war is not an actual jellyfish, but a Siphonophor. Also the man-of-war is not a single organism. It is made up of many different organisms that work together. These organisms are called polyps. The Portuguese man-of-war is usually found in the Northern Atlantic gulf stream...
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Make Your Point Diphtheria Diphtheria Report
316 wordsDiphtheria is a Diphtheria Diphtheria Diphtheria is a very infectious disease, affecting children particularly, characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the passages of the upper respiratory system. Diphtheria bacilli enter the body through the mouth and nose and attack the mucous membranes, where they multiply and secrete a powerful toxin. The nose and throat increases in size and thickness, becoming a grayish false membrane, and it may block the air passages. surgery may be necess...
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Herbal Medicines Petri Dishes
1,835 wordsDo natural medicines work as well as over the counter medicines? This question has been argued about for quite a while. In my experiment, I will compare natural medicine? s effectiveness on Escherichia coli to over the counter drugs, to finally decide if herbal remedies are better than E. coli Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a common bacteria in your stomach and intestines. E. coli is a gram negative rod bacteria (Fundamentals of Microbiology). E. coli bacteria make up 0. 1 % of the total bacteria...
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Work In Chemotherapy University Of Breslau Ehrlich
887 wordsThe German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich made important advances to the world of medicine. He is best remembered for his development of the arsenic compound number 606, which was used as a treatment of syphilis. As a Nobel Prize Winner and an honored scientist, fellow scientists and doctors praise Paul Ehrlich for his contributions. Ehrlich led a wonderful and intriguing life, which is greatly admired. Paul Ehrlich was born on March 14, 1854 in Strehlen Prussia. He was the son of a prosperous Jewi...
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Genetically Engineered Foods Fruits And Vegetables
1,952 wordsIntroduction The use of genetically engineering in agriculture and food production has an impact, not only on the environment and biodiversity, but also on human health. Therefore, thorough biosafety assessment requires, not only an evaluation of environmental impacts of genetically engineered organisms, but also an assessment of the risks that genetically engineered food pose for the health of consumers. Let us take deeper look at some of the aspects related to genetically engineered foods. Wha...
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Test Animals Molecular Level
1,041 wordsHerpetological Neurotoxins A herpetological neurotoxin, more commonly known as snake venom, is essentially modified saliva. It s primary functions are to slow down (or kill depending on the potency of the venom) the prey of the snake, and to help in the early stages of digestion. Three types of venomous snake: Opisthoglyphs, Proteroglyphs, andSolenoglyphs; and many types of snake venom: hemotoxic and neurotoxic venoms are some of those that will be discussed in this paper. The first type of veno...
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Heavy Drinking Million Gallons
1,002 words? Too Teen Alcoholism Teen Alcoholism? Too many college students have just one objective, ? to get drunk! ? Campus alcoholism is an epidemic sweeping through colleges and universities at a rapidly growing speed. Even though it is illegal for a minor under the age of 21 to purchase or consume alcohol, that law has never stopped those who wished to drink. What used to be a social activity has radically changed to an unsafe pass time that eating away at student? s money, school and health. A Harvar...
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Marijuana Smokers Legalizing Marijuana
1,208 wordsTHE RECREATIONAL POISON The debate is whether or not marijuana and other drugs should be legalized for personal use. The marijuana plant may serve several beneficial uses to us, but there is one use in which it is only harmful. Marijuana should not be legalized for personal use because people do not understand, or care about the effects it causes on them and the people around them. While the War on Drugs attempts to dissuade people from using drugs primarily in economic terms (Boyle, 3), I want ...
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