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Christine S. Vanpool used this information that has been collected and formed a methodology to help solve problems with local constraints as well as relating religious practitioners with shamans. The article starts with explaining what shamanism is and relates shamans to priests. Christina S. Vanpool explained the differences between shamans and priests to be something like a continuum because of the variation of traits associated with both groups (178). Other information that Christina S. Vanpool incorporated in her article included the tools, sacras, and narcotics that shamans used. Some of these sacras that Vanpool talked about in her article included narcotics that some shamans used to induce hallucinations or a trance like state (178).
The same plant species may hold significant meaning in one area and be ignored elsewhere. The Quinine tree (Alstonia Constricta), commonly known as Bitter Bark, Fever Bark and Australian Febrifuge is native to North Western NSW and South East QLD. It’s also known as Lacambie or Lecambil by the Aborigines of the Clarence River (Lassak & McCarthy 2011, p. 101). The bark of the tree has a variety of medicinal uses. The two types of traditional resources used in regards to the medicinal uses of the Quinine Tree were written book literature and video interviews/documentaries with the knowledge holders of this region.
A European physician, Professor A Weichselbaum, discovered the cause of the mysterious cerebro-spinal meningitis illness in 1887 and Penicillin was the first antibiotic used to fight the disease. In 1978 the first vaccine was created and mass vaccinations during that year caused a substantial decline in the number of meningitis outbreaks (Fredericks, n.d.). There are three main types of meningococcal disease serogroups: B, C, and Y. Worldwide there are also A and W-135. USA vaccines cover A, C, W-135, and Y but not B (Coffee, 2015).
1953 CIA initiates Project MKULTRA. This is an eleven year research program designed to produce and test drugs and biological agents that would be used for mind control and behavior modification. Six of the subprojects involved testing the agents on unwitting human beings. 1955 The CIA, in an experiment to test its ability to infect human populations with biological agents, releases a bacteria withdrawn from the Army's biological warfare arsenal over Tampa Bay, Fl. 1955 Army Chemical Corps continues LSD research, studying its potential use as a chemical incapacitating agent.
22 November 2010 Research Paper The Bitter Truth of Aspartame In 1965 G.D. Searle and Company, a corporation based on life sciences, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and animal health accidentally manufactured a chemical called Aspartame. It was discovered by chemist and Searle employee, James M. Schlatter while doing work on producing an anti-ulcer drug. During testing, he got some on his finger and realized it was sweet, and thus began the idea of the toxic sugar substitute. The chemical was not brought to the attention of the Food and Drug Administration until 1977, where it was denied and labeled unfit for human consumption for a variety of reasons, one of the most important being inconclusive experimental data.
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Bach Dang Mosaics II 2/5/2013 Blog 2 “Vaccination against smallpox” is a book written by Edward Jenner which describes the progress of vaccination to eradicate smallpox. From the first several pages of his book, Edward presents about the signs of the disease and the way he takes advantage of cowpox to weaken smallpox. On page 14, the author clearly depicts the symptoms and how they transfer from animals to humans who interact with them. In the history, Smallpox was introduced to Europe between the fifth and seventh centuries and was frequently epidemic during the period of Middle Ages. The disease had greatly affected the development of the Western civilization.
JCU Townsville | Evidence in Science – its use and misuse: Homeopathy Proving | SC1101 | | Student name was here | 4/29/2010 | 747 Words (excluding title page and references) Prepared on Microsoft Word 2007 File name: Evidence in Science.docx This essay examines the scientific methods applied to the ‘proving’ of homeopathic medicines, focusing on the techniques used by Dr Hahnemann in his book ‘Organon of Medicine’ (1921). | This essay examines the scientific methods applied to the ‘proving’ of homeopathic medicines, focusing on the techniques used by Dr Hahnemann in his book Organon of Medicine (Hahnemann, 1921). The key elements to be examined are; test conditions, the use of double blind trials, control subjects and falsifiability. It is my intent to show that Hahnemann’s methods of collecting scientific evidence, while adequate for its time, is not in accordance with current policy, and therefore, the use of his evidence would be a misuse in science today. Hahnemann methodology (Background) The experimenter ‘proved’ medicines by ingesting a small quantity of a known substance and then observing the signs and symptoms that followed over the next few days (Hahnemann, 1921).