Chapter 4
Third Connection: Word Master
1. Polio (noun)
Polio is a viral disease that was most common in the first half of the 20th century. Polio affects the spinal cord and causes muscle weakness and paralysis. (page 67)
2. inoculation (noun)
The act or an instance of inoculating, especially the introductionof an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produceimmunity to a specific disease.(page 69)
3. epidemiological (adjective)
the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalenceof disease in large populations and with detection of the source. (page 70)
4. lesion (noun)
an injury; hurt; wound. (page72)
5. pestilence (noun)
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. (page 71)
6. pallid (adjective)
pale; faint or deficient in color(page 71)
7. barren (adjective)
not producing or incapable of producing offspring (page 71)
8. primate (noun)
any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates,comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, greatapes, gibbons, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys),Prosimii (lemurs, loris, and their allies), and Tarsioidea(tarsiers), especially distinguished by the use of hands,varied locomotion, and by complex flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability. (page 73)
9. cadavers (noun)
a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse. (page 81)
10. irrevocable (adjective)
not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled;unalterable. (page 79)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Deadly Feasts: Connection 2 Sketch
Chapter 3
On August 11, a women died due to an unknown explanation of damage in the brain. She was a maid named Bertha Elschker, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Originally a cheerful person, she no longer became concerned about her appearance a month later. I pictured this women to be dirty and filthy after she got Alzheimer's disease. In addition, there must be seriously something wrong with her brain. I also pictured her talking to herself and screaming crazy things out in the streets about her family. The mental illness also made her twitch which makes me picture her as someone really ill. Not only was she suffering from physical damage in her brain, but also physical damage in her arm and speech as well.
The image that I portray from the descriptions of the women, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, connects with me because many discoveries of new diseases derive from the observations of other diseases. Although, doctors and scientist do not the reason of the disease at first, making connections with other disease such as CJD, helps them reach a conclusion. In addition, similar to the Kuru disease I learned that this new disease is characterized. Kuru was a stereotyped sickness, while the disease that the women suffered mostly pertain to middle aged people. These two obscure, brain disorders show that the brain is the single most complex organ in the body. As a result, any kind of damage to the brain can create a huge problem to our body physically and mentally.
On August 11, a women died due to an unknown explanation of damage in the brain. She was a maid named Bertha Elschker, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Originally a cheerful person, she no longer became concerned about her appearance a month later. I pictured this women to be dirty and filthy after she got Alzheimer's disease. In addition, there must be seriously something wrong with her brain. I also pictured her talking to herself and screaming crazy things out in the streets about her family. The mental illness also made her twitch which makes me picture her as someone really ill. Not only was she suffering from physical damage in her brain, but also physical damage in her arm and speech as well.
The image that I portray from the descriptions of the women, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, connects with me because many discoveries of new diseases derive from the observations of other diseases. Although, doctors and scientist do not the reason of the disease at first, making connections with other disease such as CJD, helps them reach a conclusion. In addition, similar to the Kuru disease I learned that this new disease is characterized. Kuru was a stereotyped sickness, while the disease that the women suffered mostly pertain to middle aged people. These two obscure, brain disorders show that the brain is the single most complex organ in the body. As a result, any kind of damage to the brain can create a huge problem to our body physically and mentally.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
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