BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hookworm Infection, Stone Age, Itch
6 Jun 2018
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Drugs 101
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Prof: W. Ogilvie
➢ Approx 30 to 35 years for most of recorded history
o Last 6,000 years
➢ Approx 30 to 35 years through the stone age
o 500,000 to 6000 years ago
➢ 82 years in 2009 (Canada)
o Most Improvements over the last 150 years
Life expectancy through history
• Life span is an educated guess – written records and archaeology
• iportat to reeer that ol iportat people ake it ito historial reords,
life epeta is ostl the ordiar people
• Most improvements in life span have happened over last 150 years
Increase only in the last 150 years
• 150 years ago, life expectancy was same as that of the stone age
• - special time in history to be living now
➢ Life i the good old das was harsh, ruel ad short
➢ Combs were invented to get rid of lice and flees
➢ Life with worms
o 1 – hookworm
o 2- tapeworm – can lay 1,000,000 eggs per day,
o 3 – tapeworm eggs
o 4- roundworm max size 50 cm lay 200,000 eggs/day
o 5 pinworms – migrates out of colon and lays eggs in anus - itching
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Document Summary
Approx 30 to 35 years for most of recorded history: last 6,000 years. Approx 30 to 35 years through the stone age: 500,000 to 6000 years ago. 82 years in 2009 (canada: most improvements over the last 150 years. Increase only in the last 150 years: 150 years ago, life expectancy was same as that of the stone age. Special time in history to be living now. Life i(cid:374) the (cid:862)good old da(cid:455)s(cid:863) was harsh, (cid:272)ruel a(cid:374)d short. Combs were invented to get rid of lice and flees.
