ETX 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Plasmodium, Hemolysis, Red Blood Cell
14 Oct 2017
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Yes, ddt could have altered the civil war! Some 600,000 civil war soldiers died during the war (mostly from disease. ) Malaria required long-term convalescence, as well as produced many mortalities. Ddt, if available, might have decreased malaria causes by as much as two-thirds. Due to higher malarial occurrences in southern troops, ddt might have produced a disproportionately greater increase in their disproportionately greater increase in their numbers of active soldiers- possibly altering the outcomes of the civil war. Conceived the union strategy known as the anaconda plan, which was used to defeat the. The plan emphasized a union blockade of the southern ports. Camp more dangerous than the battle field due to bacteria and people not knowing much about hygiene. Known as paroxysmal fever due to severe and sudden onset, exacerbated by hot and humid conditions. In the upper south, union cases were some 55 per 1,000, while southern cases ran 76 per 1,000.
