BPS 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bayer, Coal Tar, Stomach Cancer
27 Feb 2015
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Lecture 1 and 2: history of pharmaceutical industry and regulatory agencies. We live in a unique time and place where the current life expectancy is higher than at any other time in history: ex. Macau (84), japan + singapore + hong kong + australia (82), canada (81), world average (67), swaziland. Throughout history it was usually 30-35 years, last 6000 years (stone age). Life span is an educated guess; only important people make it into the historical records, mostly made of ordinary people. *35 is an estimate made by combining data from various sources, not precise. Life expectancy has doubled in last 100 years. Changes of death went from infectious diseases to wear and tear . Historically people lived entire lives in an unhealthy state, constantly sick due to parasites. This condition still exists in many developing countries. Person rushes to cool limb in water: worm releases clouds of larvae into water, water fleas consume worm larvae, which resist digestion.
