Despite fluctuations in population size, relatively stable population levels were maintained by preventive checks (changes of inheritance, delay in age of marriage, and birth control). The plague broke the Malthusian stalemate, and made Europeans restructure their society, and institute public health measures to control the spread of disease. This also lead people to begin questioning their faith in the church. The church claimed that the plague was sent
H1N1 and Spanish Flu of 1919 H1N1 and the Spanish Flu of 1918 have occurred in different time periods. However, the Spanish Flu of 1918 and H1N1 are alike and different in multiple ways. The differences of these two deadly pandemics are that the Spanish Flu of 1918 was more deadly than H1N1, and H1N1 hits the hardest in the age group between 25 to 49 years of age. The similarities between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and H1N1 are that research has proven that H1N1 is a descendant of the Spanish Flu, and both pandemics started in the Springtime. The first difference between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and H1N1 is that the Spanish Flu was more deadly during its reign than the recently occurring H1N1 pandemic.
After improved understanding of the causes of disease there was understanding that you could cure a disease. Behring used this and Koch’s work to isolate anti toxins that would otherwise ,harm the body, to fight Diphtheria, Behring then found a way to inject it. Paul Ehrlich ( a member of Koch’s team) used his team to build on this work , he knew that certain dyes stained specific microbes (Koch’s work) furthermore with Behring’s work Paul tres to find a cure for syphillis a “magic bullet” that would only target the microbes and not the body. He managed to research seven years which was only made possible because of government funds. In 1909 Dr Hata had joined the research team and he reviewed the previous experiments.
This would affect people who were poor or had no income from working. During the nineteenth century the first national public health act was introduced in 1848. This act was made by Edwick Charwin who was convinced that if the health of the population was improved this would mean that we would have to spend less money on “poor relief”. This act made sure that there would be an improvement in drainage and provision of sewers, that rubbish would be removed from houses streets and roads, to provide people with clean drinking water and to have a medical officer for each town. This would affect everyone who lived in that particular town.
Essay of “The American Plague” The term “American Plague” was once commonly used to describe an epidemic illness that included a large part of North America and Cuba that was settled by the Europeans. The epidemic was actually a series of outbreaks occurring for over a century. This series of events is well described by Molly Caldwell Crosby in her book “The American Plague. ”The first chapters cover the epidemic nature of this disease in the Americas, and focus on the huge epidemic in 1878, especially its effect on Memphis, the city most stricken by the disease. The cause of the disease and its way of spreading were not known at the time.
al, 2003). A2. Epidemiologically, the rapid spread of the virus can be attributed to health care workers being infected before they were aware to take precautionary measures and international routes of travel affecting large amounts of people in close quarters by carriers who were unaware they were infected (Sampathkumar et. al, 2003). According to the World Health Organization (2003) the most infectivity was from people experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness and declining health (World Health Organization, 2003).
In 1842 Chadwick wrote his Great Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring population. He noticed that people lived in dirty, overcrowded conditions which caused illness, ending in people becoming too sick to work and a higher tax spending on helping them. Due to this Chadwick introduced a set of solutions which would help improve public health, because he suggested that sewers should be improved, refuse should be removed, water provided should be clean and medical officers should be appointed to check each area. This helped because with an improved sewerage system human waste would not be mixed the water supply which would see a fall in cholera and other related diseases. His Great Report helped the introduction of the Public Health Act in 1848.
In 1848, a cholera epidemic terrified the government into doing something about prevention of disease - through both public and individual health measures. At first the government tried - as the Romans had done - to prevent illness among the population by public sanitation measures. The first public health measures were based upon the idea that miasmas (bad smells) caused disease. Although the idea was wrong, the measures against the miasmas involved a greater focus on cleanliness, and this improved public health. Further measures included: • In 1848 the first Public Health Act caused the setting up of a Board of Health, and gave towns the right to appoint a Medical Officer of Health.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Christopher Lanenga Kendra Tillis Mandy Duea Marna Nersesian Michael Eiden HCS 330 October 4, 2010 Sheela Hirao Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Although many have heard of the destruction smoking and nicotine can do, much only associate lung cancer with this deadly habit; however, a more common disease can develop. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the most frequent form of lung disease, which typically develops after long-term exposure to irritants that damage the lungs and the airways. COPD breaks down into two forms, which are chronic bronchitis, a long-term cough with mucous, and emphysema, defined as a destruction of the lungs over time. In the United States, approximately
Raven Johnson Mr. Montgomery 3/14/12 Bubonic Plague The Bubonic Plague is a deadly infectious disease, which is caused by the bacterium Yesinia pestis. It is transmitted through the bite of a flea, and has killed millions of people. This plague is one of the most feared of all diseases (McNeill, W. H.). It is easily transmittable and has a high mortality. It can be cured through antibiotics (McNeill, W. H.).