Americans discover new ways to cure and control diseases. In the past, people died due to many incurable diseases and illnesses. People are vaccinated now for different types of diseases that are rarely around in America because of these vaccines. According to Laura Hillenbrand in Unbroken, “Just as at Ofuna, beriberi and other preventable diseases were epidemic at Omari” (235). Louie and the POW captives could not be saved from the diseases spreading because they were being tortured and not nurtured. In the same manner, Europeans encountered many diseases that at the time were not discovered yet therefore did not have a cure or vaccine. Medicine has made it possible for people to live longer. Discovery is the basis for the knowledge doctors have of the diseases that are around and how to prevent them. Doctors continue to discover new ways to help people and save
Americans discover new ways to cure and control diseases. In the past, people died due to many incurable diseases and illnesses. People are vaccinated now for different types of diseases that are rarely around in America because of these vaccines. According to Laura Hillenbrand in Unbroken, “Just as at Ofuna, beriberi and other preventable diseases were epidemic at Omari” (235). Louie and the POW captives could not be saved from the diseases spreading because they were being tortured and not nurtured. In the same manner, Europeans encountered many diseases that at the time were not discovered yet therefore did not have a cure or vaccine. Medicine has made it possible for people to live longer. Discovery is the basis for the knowledge doctors have of the diseases that are around and how to prevent them. Doctors continue to discover new ways to help people and save