BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phenol, Apophenia, Demonic Possession
30 Mar 2016
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Heart attacks, strokes and cancer now account for the majority of deaths in. Improved sanitation: toilets instead of outhouses or chamber pots, closed sewers. Clean drinking water: natural water is not safe to drink, is processed & cleaned. Refrigeration: prevents food spoilage, preserves food supply. Vaccines: prevents diseases, very effective against viral diseases (ex. Antibiotics: extremely successful against bacterial infections (ex. penicillin) North american drug market: prescriptions: 300 billion vs. otc: 25 million. United states consumes 49. 1% of the world drug market. Historically plants were the sources of most drugs (secondary metabolites/phytochemical) The amount consumed determined whether it was deadly or helpful. Overdosing on common medicines can be fatal. Apophenia: seeing patterns/connections in random or meaningless data. Didn"t work, and often left the patient worse than before the treatment. God left clues to tell us how to use things. Walnuts look like brains they must be good for your brain. Mandrakes look like people medicinally and magically important.
