Miasma - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

b. Secondary chamber correct answers -afterburner; smaller than primary chamber; has a burner that burns gases, smoke and particulates; often referred to as afterburner chamber Classification of waste d. Type 4: correct answers human and animal remains; carcasses, organs, solid organic waste from hospitals, labs, abattoirs, and animal pounds. Classification of waste c. Type 1-3: correct answers rubbish, refuse, garbage . Heat: in cremation- correct answers heat initiate from a gas bur...

Methods of Disposition Exam 3 Question and answers already passed Methods of Disposition Exam 3 Reverence for dead, Believed cremation began in Greece in 1000 BC, Believed in shadowy afterlife and Elysian Fields - correct answer The ancient Greeks... Separation of the soul from the body, and they believed the remnants of cremation held personal and spiritual significance and should be entombed properly - correct answer Greeks believed cremation provided... Large pyres were built a...

Who discovered the Miasma Theory? A. Florence Nightingale B. Jeanne Mance C. Mary Snively D. Marguerite d'Youville - A. Florence Nightingale Who founded Hotel Dieu? A. Mary Snively B. Florence Nightingale C. Jeanne Mance D. Harriet Sutherland - C. Jeanne Mance

What is public health? - *Population health perspective* -(public medicine) Who is the father of epidemiology? - *John Snow* -English physician What were some of *John Snow's* discoveries? - 1. Refuted miasma 2. Tracing of cholera spread in London 3. *Broad Street pump* 4. Applied statistics to examine clusters of outbreak 5. Pioneer of anesthesia & medical hygiene ("Ghost Map" of Cholera) Who is the Pioneer of Antisepsis? - *Sir Joseph Lister* -British surgeon What we...

Main thread in common in US public health achievements correct answers Prevention Public health program delivery correct answers Most public health programs are delivered at the population level to asymptomatic people Difference between asymptomatic and healthy correct answers Asymptomatic: without symptoms, without illness Healthy: functioning at the highest capacity physically, mentally, socially Three public health paradigms correct answers The Miasma Theory Biomedical Model ...

VTPB 221 Practice Exam Final Questions And Answers With Latest Updates In the mid of the 19th Century, different theories arose to explain the cause of cholera. These theories were: i) The miasma theory; ii) The poison theory; iii) The contagion/germ theory. The poison theory was strongly supported and advocated by: A. Robert Koch B. Florence Nightingale C. John Snow D. Max von Pettenkofer E. Thomas Crapper ANS ** john snow 2. Grosse Isle was a Canadian government owned island that o...

Describe Koch's postulates and the significance of his experiment - Koch's postulates: with the use of anthrax provided a basis for Germ Theory. the experiment: extract blood from diseased individual grow culture put culture into healthy individual, develop disease extract this blood, culture it to show same results Describe the importance of Louis Pasteur and the significance of his swan-neck flask experiment - Disproved spontaneous generation (miasma) the swan-neck made contamination...

Germ Theory of Disease - idea that infectious diseases are caused by pathogens Early ideas about disease transmission - punishment for sins, miasma, hexes/spells, spontaneous generation miasma - a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor Louis Pasteur - A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. -disproved spontaneous generation -vaccines for rabies and anthrax Robert Koch - country doctor ...

Confounding correct answers 2 or more co-occurring risk factors are associated with the same outcome Proximal vs. Distal risk factors correct answers Proximal - closer Distal - systematic, broader Proximal Risk Factors correct answers Malnutrtion - infection - death Distal Risk Factors correct answers Social organization - poor housing conditions - injury Central Dynamic in PH correct answers Individual rights vs. community rights (e.g., child rights vs. parents) Individual Right...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. correct answers WHO definition interventions influencing healthy life trajectories correct answers medical, social, behavioral, economic, environmental medicine vs public health correct answers medicine: diagnosing and treating public health: preventing applied social science that encourages individuals and communities to take steps to improve their own health correc...