ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intracellular Parasite, Vibrio, National Cancer Institute
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Lecture 2: epidemiology, health transitions and human history. The study of the distribution of determinants of health-related states or events (disease/illness/injury) in specified populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems. The study of patterns of disease, illness and injury: causes, manifestations, distributions and consequences and the application of this study to the control of health problems (public health) All matter made up of four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Each possess corresponding qualities: cold, dry, hot and moist. These elements carried in the body by four humors (bodily fluids): phlegm, yellow bile (choler, secreted by liver), blood and black bile (gall, secreted by kidneys and spleen) Disease is a produce of a disturbance in the bodily humors, or from climate and weather effects (health = good balance of humors) Four major cholera outbreaks in mid-19th century. Cholera: acute intestinal infection caused by bacterium vibrio cholera.
