Scarlet Fever What is scarlet fever? Scarlet fever is an uncommon infection caused by a type of bacteria called Streptococcus progenies. The disease most commonly presents in children or adults with a ‘strep throat’ infection or tonsillitis‚ followed by the development of a skin rash. Most children will fully recover within a week or so. Deaths from scarlet fever are now extremely rare. How is scarlet fever spread? The bacterium is found in the nose and/or throat of an infected person and
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Luckily‚ the prognosis of scarlet fever is good‚ (Davis‚ 2016) says that if a patient is treated with antibiotics‚ such as penicillin or amoxicillin‚ scarlet fever only has a mortality rate of 1%. The main risk of scarlet fever lies in the patients that do not get quickly diagnosed and thus do not receive treatment‚ because the mortality rate for those patients drastically increases to 15-20%. Overall‚ if identified and treated quickly‚ scarlet fever is not a very dangerous disease‚ even though it
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daughter. Hester is condemned to wear a scarlet “A” to stand for “Adulteror” on her‚ while Hester’s public shaming is happening‚ her husband comes into the story. The tone of the novel varies from chapter to chapter. The introductory tone is quite bitter‚ while the tone of the body is more thoughtful and straightforward. The major themes of the Scarlet Letter are that of Sin‚ nature of evil‚ and society. The most major symbol of all is the scarlet “A” because it shows that Hester did commit
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Matthew Polito Mrs. Audiffred Honors English 11 Writing Assignment #2 October 29‚ 2012 Sin‚ Guilt‚ and The Scarlet Letter Sin and guilt are themes that are not only central to The Scarlet Letter‚ but to the entirety of Puritan Culture. They come hand in hand‚ and are seen as almost necessary for moral perfection. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ nearly every character is changed or at least affected by sin and guilt‚ and for many of them it is in a life changing way. It is an unavoidable side
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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a fiction novel written by Baroness Emma Orczy. In the book‚ the author uses a style of submerging the reader into the time frame of the French revolution‚ describing the gruesome guillotine which was used to execute countless innocent lives. The Scarlet Pimpernel‚ while being the name of the book‚ is also the name of the unknown savior of those innocent people sent for death by the guillotine. While he saves people‚ the French ruthlessly hunt him down and try to discover
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perceived. In The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ many symbols are present and tell a lot about the book‚ and the primary symbol that is constantly repeated is the scarlet letter A that was put on Hester’s chest. The letter A developed the theme of sin‚ because the letter was a direct result of sin. The A also represents the theme of hypocrisy within Salem. Evilness and revenge is another theme developed by letter A on Hester’s chest. Overall the letter A in The Scarlet Letter‚ written
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Children‚ giving more insightful and sincere opinions of Hester and Pearl in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚’ are unable to fully comprehend why certain things appear the way they do. They find this time to speak their minds in order to get a grasp of what is going on around them‚ whereas adults know their limits. Unlike adults‚ children are not compelled to follow the expectations set out in a Puritan society and are unaware of what these expectations are since they learn through their
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Name: Professor: Bernhard Radloff Subject: ENG 2450 B Date: December 4‚ 2012 Scarlet Letter Review Introduction Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter remains one of the best examples of Puritan literature‚ a novel‚ which points to the inadequacy of the Puritan beliefs and the moral duality of the Puritan culture. This paper reviews the author’s novel from a new‚ conformity vs. individuality angle. The context in which the novel was created is discussed. Hester’s silent challenge against
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The Mysterious Forest In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ life is centered around a rigid Puritan society. In this society‚ people are not allowed to express their true thoughts and feelings. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how they truly feel; otherwise the emotions become bottled up until they begin to hurt the person. Unfortunately‚ the puritans were not allowed this type of expression. Luckily‚ at least for the four main characters‚ Hawthorne has created
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Initial Analysis Application of Little’s Law: The data for the first 50 days indicated that: No. of Jobs arrived till date = 153. No. of Completed Jobs = 152 Since there were no jobs in the order queue‚ the inventory of the system‚ taken as a whole‚ was 1 i.e. 60 kits in total. This number included the kits waiting in the machine queues and jobs that are currently being processed on the machines. The average arrival rate of the jobs per day was 3.06. This was taken as the initial throughput for the
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