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Close Proximity Mortality Rates
2,724 wordsThe disease known as Asiatic cholera first infiltrated Great Britain in 1831, with its arrival in Sunderland 1. From there, it broke out in epidemic proportions through 1832. Three more epidemics would follow the 1832 outbreak, 1848, 1854, and 1866. Cholera is defined as an acute infectious disease, originated in India, characterized by profuse vomiting, cramps, etc. 2 These epidemics killed numerous Brits and effected many more. Several reasons can be seen for the continued importation and spre...
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Nineteenth Century Oxford Companion
2,623 words... over arrived, the most important actions and pursuits were those by the medical field. To a degree, they held the fate of the country in their ideals. Throughout the century, the medical profession advanced and with that advancement came changes in ideology and doctrine. With these changes came more correct answers and more improvements in peoples lives, in this case in improved sanitation. However, with these changes came jealousy and aggression. Each scientist seemed to be working for the ...
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Sao Paulo Raw Sewage
735 wordsWater is polluted when any harmful substance is released into the water thus contaminating or making it unsuitable for marine life to survive. 3) Pesticides 7) Litter Take a look at a picture of a polluted river in Sao Caetano do Sul in Sao Paulo, Brazil. -- -- Factory waste is made out of a wide range of of impurities including poisonous substances such as memory, cyanide and lead; and corrosive, acidic or alkaline solutions. Toxic wastes when discharged into rivers and seas pollutes and poison...
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Theodore Roosevelt Migrant Workers
1,331 wordsUnlike the majority of immigrants of his time, Jacob Riis assimilated easily into Americas melting pot. A Dutch born police reporter and amateur photographer, Riis dove into the impoverished streets of Americas most populated city and proved to the upper classes that horror does exist next door. In his early days of church exhibitions and in the writing of his novel, How the Other Half Lives, originally published on 15 November 1890, Riis depicted the color lines, tenements, stereotypes, careers...
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Mother Died Great Things
1,706 words"Tchaikovsky is not only one of the corner stones of Russian musical culture and world music. It's at the same time creative and technical encyclopedia to which every Russian has reference in the course of his own work" (Cross and Ewen, 1025), said Dimitri Shostakovich. Peter Iltich Tchaikovsky is considered one of the best composers of all time. In this paper you will see how Tchaikovsky's life was difficult and memorable. Peter Tchaikovsky was born in Voting, in the district of Viagra, Russia ...
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British Medical Journal Cell Membrane
1,080 words... g to one or more of the classes listed here, including miscellaneous. To keep up with evolving bacteria, scientists are attacking efflux pumps. Efflux pumps are what microbes use to rid themselves of toxic materials and drugs. The way science is perusing this is to attach these pumps with compounds called efflux-pump inhibitors. These compounds have no infection fighting power but can make current antimicrobial drugs more effective (Christensen). Microbes that caused sickness in the pre anti...
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Centers For Disease Control Rift Valley
1,343 wordsWhat is the stake of the American People and the Government by International Agencies to control Infectious Disease in Developing Countries? More people are at risk of infectious diseases than at any other time on history. Infectious diseases are worldwide problem requiring worldwide attention. Infectious diseases can weaken the strength of a nation's resources. In developing nations this poses even a greater threat. Diseases are threatening the economic stability of many developing nations. 50,...
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Infectious Diseases Animal Experiments
1,143 wordsFor the past 20 years, there has a been an on going heated debate on whether experiments on animals for the benefit of medical and scientific research is ethical. Whether it is or isn't, most people believe that some form of cost-benefit test should be performed to determine if the action is right. The costs include: animal pain, distress and death where the benefits include the collection of new knowledge or the development of new medical therapies for humans. Looking into these different aspec...
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction Hundreds Of Thousands
1,592 words... in Chernokozovo! The rape of the corpses, he says, is practiced in full view of the other prisoners, and the next victim is announced right there! He says he saw the murder of a 10 -year-old boy, whom his name he didn't know. Five guards with black masks raped the boy's corpse; cut it into pieces then put into a plastic sack. Do these people not qualify for human rights? Article 6 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "no one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman...
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Laissez Faire Nineteenth Century
2,083 wordsWhen considering the changes brought about in the social policy of Great Britain, in the decades immediately either side of 1900, one must look at the nation 's industrial history. The position as the world's premier industrial nation had been cemented by the mid nineteenth century, achieved in part, as it was the first nation to industrialism. However, the headlong embrace of laissez- faire capitalism ignored the social infrastructure, and the emigration from the depressed agricultural areas to...
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Natural Selection And Diseases
1,383 wordsCystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, and hypertension are three very different, yet deadly diseases. The question arises how these diseases have survived for so long. Three articles attempt to uncover the mystery behind these diseases. It has been found that there were benefits to each of these diseases, which allowed the allele to remain in the community for such a long period of time. Natural selection plays a large part in the success of these conditions. First, cystic fibrosis has been found to be pr...
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Trip To West Ride Inside Wagons
515 wordsResponse on " Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight" When I finished this article I started to realize that the life of pioneers was not just one big adventure, but they had to face some really difficult problems like dangerous river crossing, bad weather, different kinds of accidents and diseases along the way without any chance for medical treatment. But first of all I had make a research to answer one question before all the problems along the way. It is how much did pioneers traveling west nee...
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Fruits And Vegetables Infected Person
480 wordsCholera the Forgotten Disease It seems every time we hear of a major flood or earthquake in a developing country, we hear once again about cholera. Cholera has been very rare in industrial nations, such as the USA, for the last 100 years, however, what we do not realize is that cholera is endemic in many small countries which have limited drinking water and sewage treatment facilities. Caused by an infection of bacterium Vibrio Cholerae in the intestine, a cholera infection is often mild or with...
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Third World Countries World Health Organization
2,965 wordsExotic diseases are the greatest threat to humanity. In a world where so many things are overlooked, diseases and epidemics are clearly overlooked and underestimated far more than any threat of nuclear war, global warming, or any comet headed for earth. Throughout history epidemics have plagued the earth several times resulting in a devastating number of deaths. As we approach the new millennium, many new and old diseases await humanity. What the world doesnt comprehend is that an epidemic can b...
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Didn Acute T Don Acute T
2,972 wordsExotic diseases are the greatest threat to humanity. In a world where so many things are overlooked, diseases and epidemics are clearly overlooked and underestimated far more than any threat of nuclear war, global warming, or any comet headed for earth. Throughout history epidemics have plagued the earth several times resulting in a devastating number of deaths. As we approach the new millennium, many new and old diseases await humanity. What the world doesnt comprehend is that an epidemic can b...
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Water Supply Human Population
1,173 wordsThe article being discussed was entitled Tapped Out and was written by Peter Gleick. It focuses on the depleting supply of our Earths freshwater resources. How it effects the human population, and how the problem will develop in years to come. The question being asked is will we be able to sustain enough freshwater to satisfy all the worlds needs? And what will we do about the present lack of clean freshwater in many underdeveloped countries all around the world. The reason why is quite obvious....
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California Gold Rush 19 Th Century
1,099 wordsThe California Gold Rush was one of the most important events in the 19 th century. Without it America would not be as populated and economically strong as it is today. The California Gold Rush brought many foreigners into the United States and triggered migration to the Western Coast. The California Gold Rush taught people that failure was okay and made people take risks. The California Gold Rush was the Las Vegas of the 19 th century. The California Gold Rush blew the United States economy sky...
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Uncle Toms Cabin Rest Of Her Life
1,609 wordsHarriet Beecher Stowe The daughter of Lyman and Roxana Beecher, Harriet was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield Connecticut. There were eight children in the Beecher family and Harriet was the youngest of them all. Her mother died in 1816 when Harriet was four, so Catherine, the oldest sibling, raised Harriet for most of her life. Catherine was a big influence in Harriet's life. Catherine was a very smart person. In fact, she had an intellect beyond most people. She married a professor from Yale...
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Act Was Passed Cities And Towns
2,367 wordsDuring the Victorian Era there were massive waves of contagious disease. The first was from 1831 to 1833, which included two influenza epidemics and the initial appearance of cholera. The second was from 1836 to 1842, which encompassed major epidemics of influenza, typhus, typhoid and cholera. The first outbreak of Asiatic cholera in Britain was at Sunderland on the Durham coast during the autumn of 1831. From there the disease made its way northward into Scotland and southward toward London. Fr...
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Richard Davenport Hines History Of Narcotics Coca
1,142 wordsBut then I got high The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics 1500 - 2000 Richard Davenport-Hines 466 pp, Weidenfeld George IV, while Prince Regent, wrenched his ankle dancing a highland fling in 1811 and made himself feel better with 100 drops of laudanum every three hours. By 1820, when he ascended the throne, he was routinely binging on laudanum and cherry brandy and behaving, according to the clerk of his Privy Council like a spoiled, selfish, odious beast. By the time he died h...
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