BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eben Byers, Mauveine, Shark Cartilage
14 Mar 2016
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Smallpox eliminated in 1977, only exists in labs. Cooked carrots vs raw carrots, the way something is prepared alters how it works. No instrucions, info passed verbally, imprecise, poor reproducibility. Cure arrived at by reasoning (make it up) Universe made of 4 elements: eart, air, ire, water incorrect. His idea: body made up of 4 humors- blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile. Too much thinking lol: earth- dry, air- cold, fire- hot, water- wet, blood- cold, phlegm- wet, yellow bile- hot, black bile- dry. God let clues to tell us how to use things. Walnuts look like brains so they must be good for brain health. Boneset stems grow through leaves, must be good for bones. Sharks don"t get cancer, they have carilage where we have bones, so shark carilage used as cancer treatment. Breath mints have chlorophyll because they green, dumb. Mandrake roots look like people, used for medicinal purposes, demonic possession.
