History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett
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History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett |
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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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HI 102: Modern World Civilization Handout Ten Topic: The Fourth Horseman OUTLINE: X. The Fourth Horseman: Magic Bullets and the Super Organism. A. Introduction. B. Malaria: A Constant Problem/ C. Smallpox: Plagues Replacement. D. The Coming of Cholera. E. The Microbe Hunters in the Nineteenth Century. F. Tuberculosis and the Search for Magic Bullets. G. Polio and the Fear of Infantile Paralysis. H. Typhoid Mary. I. The Plague of the Spanish Lady. J. Syphilis K. HIV: An Old, Old Virus. QUESTIONS: 1. Malaria is an old disease and Bill Gates has made an effort to defeat the illness. What causes the disease and how can it be prevented? 2. Where did smallpox come from and how were the first victims treated? How was this pestilence defeated? Explain. 3. Who was Louis Pasteur and what contribution did he make in understanding disease? 4. Tuberculosis has been called the White Plague. How is tuberculosis spread and why was it so difficult to defeat? What were the first treatments like? When did the world get a handle on the illness? Why was the battle against TB lost? 5. What is infantile paralysis? When did it become a problem? Why was the disease feared? Explain. 6. What is AIDS? How did AIDS arrive in the West? How dangerous is the illness? Explain. 7. How dangerous is both Cholera and Typhus? How is it caused and what is the key to prevent that scourge from spreading? 8. Rats have always been a serious problem for public health officials. What diseases are associated with rats and how can they be controlled? 9. Public health officials have been warning about the probability of another killer flu outbreak sometime in the foreseeable future. Often those experts point to the flu pandemic in 1918, what happened at that time? What did public health officials know about the flu in 1918 and 1919? Who were victimized by the flu? How lethal was that strain of the flu? Explain. 10. Who was "Typhoid Mary?" What was the problem with typhoid? What caused the spread of the disease among people who were not visibly infected by the illness? Explain. 11. How did Cholera spread in Victorian London in the mid-nineteenth century? What was the prevailing theory that explained the disease? How was it eventually defeated? 12. What are the major theories that explain the introduction of syphilis to Europe? What theory is the best in your opinion that explains the origins of the disease? 13. What were the first treatments for Syphilis like? How was the disease finally controlled and almost defeated? Who were the scientific and medical heroes in the battle against the infamous Pox? Explain. TERMS:
Magic Bullets Leeuwenhoek RNA/DNA Photosynthesis Rhinoviruses Viruses Robert Sutton Edward Jenner Inoculation Vaccination Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Attenuation Leprosy Minimal Lethal Dose Schaudinn Paul Ehrlich Salvarsan Scrofula King’s Touch Microbacterium Tuberculosis Neosalvarsan Jonas Salk Alexander Fleming Lupus Vulgaris Cholera Consumption Albert Sabin Typhus George Boddington Selman Waksman Black Rat George Domagk Protosil Brown Rat Basil O’Connor Polio Alexandre Yersin March of Dimes Warm Springs Lady Mary Whortley Montagu PAS Thiosemicarbonzones Variolation Mary Mallon Miasma Dr. John Snow T. Palladium |
