MDSC 321 Exam Questions and Answers
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immunology *functional definition* - how many organism interacts with
the biological world. every living thing has a form of immunity. immuno
provides a set of skills to allow you to question and understand these
interactions; formula...
milkmaids never got smallpox. they worked with horses
- cowpox produced similar symptoms to smallpox.
_ "golden age of immunology" where ethics boards didn't exist. he was able
to infect an unwilling boy with cowpox
- earliest form of immunization and had anti vaxxers
- since 1975, vaccines for smallpox were not given
John Snow - ✔✔- cholera outbreak in Broad Street, London. 127 dead in 3
days, 500 by 10 days.
- centred around a public well, which snow thought was contaminated
- once he removed the pump handle so people couldn't drink from that well,
outbreak ended
- first example of community based epidemiology where we can track
source of infection
cholera - ✔✔infection from drinking contaminated water. causes diarrhea
Robert Koch - ✔✔- formulated Koch's Postulates
- discovered that microbes cause wounds to go septic (cause infection and
pus-y wounds). if we can keep microbes out, we would prevent infection
- identified bacteria that causes tuberculosis and cholera
- 1905 Nobel prize
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