History of Science 2200E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Weight Loss, Mayo Clinic, Blood Sugar
4 Oct 2018
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Repentance and confession are necessary to appease god. Failure to heal is a sign of human failings. Suffering may serve a higher purpose: invasion by living organisms. The extinction of humans would be good for the planet. Bacteria and viruses are organisms that have a separate existence. However, they affect the human organism in predictable ways. Germs discovered using microscopes starting in the late 1800s. Helped with analyzing blood and could do cellular anatomy. Prior to that, infectious diseases believed to be caused by miasma (cloud) and/or as punis. The effect of the organism may vary with each individual. This illustrates ontological and physiological points of view on disease. Psychosocial part is the variation and how you are affected by it. Rabies caused by a virus (cdc) that infects the nervous system of humans. Increased salivation is its classic symptom; leads to death if untreated. Used to be a killer, certain death just like diabetes.
