Chapter 1: The Main Themes of Microbiology What is Microbiology? • micron = small and biologia = study of living things • Microbiology = study of small living things • How small is “small”? • What do we really mean by living? • Working definition: Study of entities too small to be seen with the unaided human eye. • (< 0.2 mm = 200 µm = 200‚000 nm) Types of Microbes Prokaryotes include Bacteria and Archaea Eukaryotes include Protista (Algae and Protozoa)‚ Fungi‚ and Animalia
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His hand was then bandaged and left for three days. If the wound was getting better after three days‚ you were innocent. If the wound had clearly not gotten any better‚ you were guilty. Ordeal by water: An accused person was tied up and thrown into the water. If you floated you were guilty of the crime you were accused of If you sank you were
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research on child bed fever‚ pasteurization‚ and vaccination for rabies. (Ullmann) One of Pasteur’s greatest contributions is his work on biogenesis and the disproval of spontaneous generation. Spontaneous generation was the theory that beetles‚ maggots‚ eels‚ and microbes could arise spontaneously from putrefying matter. This theory brought with is speculation and debate‚ but Pasteur’s experiments disproved this theory. Pasteur developed experiments that proved that the skins of the grape were the
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under the sum insured limits. Operations on the ears Operations on the external ear and external auditory canal 1. Incision of the external ear 2. Excision and destruction of diseased tissue of the outer ear 3. Resection of the external ear 4. Wound care of the external ear 5. Construction and reconstruction of the external auditory canal 6. Plastic reconstruction of parts of the external ear 7. Plastic reconstruction of the whole external ear 8. Other reconstruction of the external ear 9
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have been a red flag first and foremost. Why weren’t the bed sores and the bugs and the malnutrition brought up when she was still alive? She was being visited twice a week from workers (so they say) and hadn’t thought to clean her wounds enough that there were maggots in them when officials found her?! Who are these people and why are they caring for others? This is pure negligence and carelessness in its rawest form. Obviously every single one of the case workers‚ care providers‚ and most
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parts or death in severe cases. Complications such as shock‚ infection‚ multiple organ dysfunction syndrome‚ electrolyte imbalance and respiratory distress may occur. The treatment of burns may include the removal of dead tissue (debridement)‚ applying dressings to the wound‚ fluid resuscitation‚ administering antibiotics‚ and skin grafting. While large burns can be fatal‚ modern treatments developed in the last 60 years have significantly improved the prognosis of such burns‚ especially in children
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BURNS Disasters Once a disaster is declared‚ then the disaster is classified according to the level of response needed to cope with the situation. This incident is declared a Level I disaster according to the local community disaster plan. [pic][pic][pic] 1. Which action is included when a Level I disaster is declared? All local hospitals prepare to receive casualties. Feedback: Classification as a Level I disaster indicates that local emergency response personnel and organizations can
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anorexia‚ and an infected‚ slow-healing foot wound. Blood glucose was 579 mg/dL and BUN was 21. Was admitted with exacerbation of unmanaged diabetes mellitus‚ diabetic ketoacidosis‚ and gastritis r/t excess aspirin intake. 3. Significant Secondary Medical Diagnoses and Past Medical History (include past hospitalizations/surgeries) Medical hx: Essential HTN‚ hyperlipidemia‚ hypercholesterolemia‚ GERD‚ DVT‚ & neuralgia. Surgical debridement of foot wound on 9/25. 4. Medications: Name Dose Frequency
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monsters. Filipino’s and GI’s had to carry wounded and sick comrades in litters‚ and were beaten during this 6-12 day "death march" in scorching heat. Some ten thousand died on the way‚ fifteen thousand soon died after reaching the camp from disease‚ wounds and exhaustion. On the part of survivors from the "death march" it became known as one of the greatest displays of heroism and human will power. Considering all of the prisoners that were taken by the Japanese‚ there were so many allied fighters
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The next day‚ Rainsford woke up to the smell of honeysuckle essence‚ he felt like a new man in “his bed”. He remembered what happened last night to General Zaroff‚ how he tried to compromise with him “oh but general a deal is a deal” Rainsford had told General Zaroff‚ “your right my good sir but you see I am a man who says what might be important and useful…. and this deal I made with you does not settle with me….now I would like to give you a much better deal my good ma-“. Shattering glass is all
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