BIOS10115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Telecom Enforcement Resource And Monitoring, Bioremediation, Spontaneous Generation
16 Oct 2016
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Ppt #1: the scope and history of microbiology. Europe in the middle ages: bubonic plague/black death. Wiped out 1/3-1/2 of population, rich and poor, decimated population of europe in 1300s. First symptom= bubo (swollen lymph nodes), how it got name (cid:498)black death(cid:499) towards end, tissue died (necrosis) skin turned black. Only knew that some were contagious: physicians had no idea what caused it and other diseases. Medicine in the middle ages: refer to ppt. pg. 5: believed diseases were in the air so needed to purify the air, everything was mystical, very little science, none of these cures actually worked, ex: flowers/perfume, drink hot drinks, lucky charm, leeches, smoke tobacco. The plague doctor: many doctors didn"t try to treat the disease since they know they could do, protected themselves from plague with special (cid:498)uniform(cid:499) Full-length gown covered in wax, leather breeches, mask, leather hat, nothing beak stuffed with herbs/perfumes/spices, wooden stick to keep people at a distance.
