the Carolina border. At the age of 13 Jackson was captured and imprisoned along with his older brother Robert. While in captivity‚ a British Officer slashed his head for refusing to shine his boots. While in captivity both brothers contracted small pox before their mother‚ Elizabeth arranged for their release in a prisoner exchange. Sadly‚ Robert died on the journey home. To make matters worse for Jackson‚ Elizabeth later died from cholera while attending to sick American Prisoners. At the age of
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Since smallpox disease was eradicated many human pox viruses have emerged .Monkeypox received most of the attention. Monkeypox is an infection zoonotic disease caused by the Monkeypox virus which it is a member of the family ’Poxviridiea. The disease is located mostly in Central and West Africa. The reason of why is the disease named as "Monkeypox" is because scientists discovered it first in a type of monkey in a laboratory in Copenhagen‚ Denmark in 1958. The scientists found that the clinical symptoms
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2 Identify common illnesses and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – Lyme disease‚ Tuberculosis‚ tetanus‚ MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) Viruses – polio‚ Norovirus‚ common cold‚ flu‚ chicken pox Fungi – tinea pinus‚ athletes foot‚ oral thush Paracites- worms‚ ticks‚ lice‚ mites 1.3 Describe what is meant by ‘infection’ and ‘colonisation’. Infection – is a invasion of a host organisms bodily tissues by a disease causing organism. Colonisation
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manifests anti-cancer activities‚ and that is why modern researches in the United States have subjected this plant for further experiments and investigation. I. OBJECTIVES To recognize the medicinal capability of Pandan; To treat leprosy‚ small pox and wounds; Because of Global Warming‚ pollution and genetic problems‚ we noticed that many are suffering from skin diseases. One of our main objectives is to heal these skin problems. II. PROCEDURE Assemble the items you will need
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Conflicts of land between the current inhabitants and new-comers are something seen in history. The examples range everywhere from the Native Americans who lost their homeland of America to the Spanish and British‚ or the Israeli people who refused to give land back to the Palestinians who fled their homeland back in 1948. Why do we allow such treatment of the original inhabitants of lands? Some may say‚ like in the Aeneid‚ that it is the divine right for a group of people to take ownership of
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Though when I saw the play for the first time‚ I realized that the set that I saw was only a small part of the entire set. In addition to the the pox house that was set up with an amazing amount of detail with all of the little trinkets on the shelves‚ the lights and sound effects also added to the level of greatness. The colors of the lights would accurately match the mood of a scene or set the
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Maria into the New World‚ disease quickly spread throughout the Americas‚ such as small pox. Obviously at the time the diseases made life miserable for many of the people living in the Americas‚ killing loved ones‚ friends‚ and family making it much more difficult for everyone to live. However‚ because the disease was spread‚ many people that now live in the Americas are immune to these diseases‚ including small pox. This is a classic example of the idea of natural selection‚ stating that only the
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So many people take social conformity for granted that not many bother to find out why it is such a powerful phenomenon and why so many people submit to this force without any resistance. In ants and termite colonies the entire unit composed of thousands of individual ants or termites act as one unit and there is hardly any individual variation. The queen ant or termite spreads a chemical oozing out of her body through the entire assembly of ants and termites and that shared chemical bond somehow
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imperialists‚ and their ease of conquering the native citizens. Although‚ many Bardic Historians choose to leave out how the natives were conquered‚ such as the decimation of the American Indian peoples through the biological warfare tactic of spreading small pox with blankets. Finally Bancroft ends with how many of the colonized countries under the rule of European countries rebelled‚ ending European Imperialism‚ but thanks to the influx of European citizens‚ the Americas matured quickly. The obsolescence of
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mind. It helps us better understand the strange town around the protagonists and understand the inner struggle he faces as he gains and loses friends. “This close‚ I can see through all her layers. Beneath the mascara and the lipstick and the chicken pox scar on her lower lip‚ beneath the girl and the boy to the person within‚ who is confused and sincere. I wonder if she can see through my layers as well‚ right through my badly held peace to all of the love confusion underneath” (Levithan‚ 106). Overall
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