Classical Studies 2900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Convulsion, Tetanus, Four Books And Five Classics

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31 May 2012

School

Western University

Department

Classical Studies

Course

Classical Studies 2900

Professor

Beate Gundert

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Vetruvius: deduces that plumbers get lead poisoning and disease. These two facts lead him to think that lead is poisonous to the human body. This allows him to determine lead pipes are bad for the body: however pipes are often lined with calcium and other minerals. Passage # 236, page 129: by scribonius largus (1st c. a. d. , collected plants (first hand experience) and writes about 271 recipes which are ar- ranged ad capite ad calcem. He starts with conditions with recipes for headaches and ends with gout: he discusses substances from plants, animals and minerals. He is mainly interest- ed in plants their uses for certain conditions: he defends why he is doing this - tells us that medications are an important part of medicine. It would be a crime to withhold them from the patient: 1st c. ad - this is the time you find references to the oath.

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Describe two consequences of being sessile that have made plants useful for the discovery of compounds that can enhance human health. Explain how natural selection has operated to produce plant chemical diversity and what functions these compounds serve in plants in relation to the two consequences you described. For one of these consequences, describe in detail one hypothesis for the evolutionary mechanisms causing chemical diversity to arise in plants, giving one example of a study supporting this hypothesis.

Name two forms of traditional medicine. Describe how traditional medicinal knowledge can be used to facilitate discovery of novel drugs plants. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach as compared to one alternative approach (of your choosing) for drug discovery.

Draw a classification scheme organizing information about six plant-derived medicines . Include in your scheme: (a) class of the compound, (b) its molecular structure, (c) the scientific name and family of the plant from which it is derived, (d) its function in the plant, and (e) its medicinal properties for humans.

In a separate section, for each compound, write a short description of how the compoundâs function in plants causes it to function as a medicine the way it does in humans and of how it was discovered and developed into a drug or supplement.

Influenza also known as "Flu"

Please include your reference(s) to these questions

1. What's the Fundamental Damage a Influenza can do to the Human Body? What tissue or organs are affected?

2. What are the symptoms of this condition?

3. Explain how the symptoms are induced: what's the problem? How long does it take?

4. How does the human body response to Influenza?

5. Is there any Pathogens for this condition? If not, what's the causal factors?

6. Is influenza infectious? If so, how does it transfer to other individuals? If not, explain why.

7. Is there any way to prevent this condition?

8. Explain how the prevention methods work?

9. Is there any way to treat this condition? Any known medicines or therapy?

10. Explain how the medicines work?

11. After treatment, is the patient fully recovered or left any damage? Why?

The subject of this weekâs forum is Natural Selection andEvolution. These concepts are central to how the vast majority ofbiologists understand and interpret the natural world. By using thetheory of Natural Selection, biologists have made incredibletechnological advances in agriculture and medicine. One of thegoals of this class to increase your awareness of how basicprinciples of biology affects your life every day.

In this weeks post I would like you to research an area ofmedicine that our understanding of evolution and natural selectiondramatically increased the understanding and treatment of adisease, pathogen (virus or bacterial) or genetic condition. Yourpost should provide background of the topic, describe how anunderstanding of the evolution and natural selection has led togreater understanding of the health condition as well as thetreatments used to counteract it. You should also describe if thishas improved the outcomes for individuals with your chosencondition and how it might shape the future research in thisarea.

If you have trouble finding a specific topic that you areinterested in or a classmate has already posted on the topic youwere interested in, you could explore other health related topicsare also closely connected to our understanding of evolution andnatural selection or Darwinian medicine. For example, the debateabout the need for childrenâs vaccinations is still a topic thatmany parents donât agree with, and the arguments both sides (forand against) use Darwinian medicine to support their claims. Whichside has more validity? Another example is the âhygiene hypothesisâwhich states that our obsession with cleanliness has led to adramatic increase in allergies world wide because we are not beingexposed to the pathogens that strengthen our immunesystem.

Some websites to get you started:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/medicine_01

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/evolution-in-medicine/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/4/l_104_07.html

Remember if a classmate posts on the same topic you areinterested in make sure you choose a different angle to explore orchoose another topic.

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