PHSC 401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Organism, Tuberculosis, Sanatorium
16 Mar 2017
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Who used it in an argument for contagion theory: syphilis, french disease, girolamo fracastoro used it in an argument for contagion theory. When did these diseases emerge, or truly take off? : renaissance- 14th-16th century. Remember how each of these diseases challenged humoral theory. Great pox- wide array of symptoms, transmitted via sex and touching infected articles. Small pox- so contagious and would cause epidemics but then be endemic. What were the beliefs surrounding the sanitary revolution: remove miasmas. Who was edwin chadwick? lawyer, social leader, stat analysis of poor to clean up specific poor areas and get them back to work, anti-contagionist. Who discovered this fact: water, john snow(contagionist) discovered it by mapping deaths connecting the pump on broad street. How is germ theory different from contagion theory: germ theory: specifically germ or bacteria causing disease and they always come from another germ - not just that they"re transmitted.
