am going to discuss the differences between the Humoral concept of disease‚ the anatomical theory of disease‚ the germ theory of disease and the differences between each theory. I am also going to look at the historical significance of these theories and how they apply to health and wellness in today’s health care. The humoral theory comes from an ancient Greek theory that states that the human body is composed of four basic humors. The Humoral theory is derived from the word “humor‚” but in
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Humoral‚ Anatomical and Germ Theories of Disease: The influence on today’s health and wellness. In humoral theory‚ individual diseases did not exist how we see them today. It was thought that if one of the four humors was out of balance‚ it would result in disease. The four humors are black bile‚ yellow bile‚ blood and phlegm. The basic theory was that the imbalance of one of these four humors was the root cause of all disease. Anatomical theory of disease is one that fights against the humoral
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Humoral immunity From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Humoral immunity (also called the antibody-mediated system) is the aspect of immunity that is mediated by macromolecules (as opposed to cell-mediated immunity) found in extracellular fluids such as secreted antibodies‚ complement proteins and certain antimicrobial peptides. Humoral immunity is so named because it involves substances found in the humours‚ or body fluids. The study of the molecular and cellular components that comprise
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Concept Map: Sickle Cell Disease October 8‚ 2010 Duke University School of Nursing Introduction My client‚ known as 20SE03‚ is a four year old preschooler that lives in a two-parent household along with his younger one year old sister. His family has recently moved to North Carolina where he was recently presented with new onset of seizures and status post cerebral vascular accident (CVA). He has a history of sickle cell disease‚ ulcerative colitis‚ acute chest syndrome‚ and asthma
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The longest medical tradition‚ the humoral theory‚ lasted for more than 2000 years. In this theory water‚ air‚ earth and fire were the four elements that made up the universe. Just like the universe‚ the human body was made up of its own four fluids called humors. Phlegm was cold and wet like water; blood was hot and wet like air; black bile was cold and dry like earth; and yellow bile was hot and dry like fire. The elements represented the physical reality that people experienced. In health‚ the
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OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG THE AGED IN CAPE COAST METROPOLITAN OVER LAST FOUR YEARS Introduction This paper charts a brief history of Ghana’s chronic disease burden over the last five years‚ focusing on prevalence‚ risk and illness implications in relation to aging. Two arguments are made. First‚ chronic diseases in Ghana constitute public health and developmental challenges‚ requiring the same intellectual and financial commitments afforded to communicable and infectious diseases. Information
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Explain what clonal selection theory is and its role in humoral or antibody-mediated immunity. Clonal selection theory is a rationalization for the growth of lymphocyte specificity and diversity during immune development. This theory demonstrates how immunological memory can deliver a fast reaction when coming into contact with an antigen that has been seen for the second time. Specifically‚ the clonal selection theory is based on the concept that premature‚ undifferentiated lymphocytes in the developing
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Thank you very much. Thank you very much everybody‚ and thank you Tom. I’d like to congratulate our incredible entertainers tonight. Toby‚ and Lee Greenwood and all of the great talent. It was really very special. I also have to thank our incredible military right here. Thank you. Stand up‚ please. You guys were really great. Thank you. So this journey began 18 months ago. I had something to do with it‚ but you had much more to do with it than I did. I’m the messenger. I’m just the messenger. And
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Among the current fields of research in Biotechnology‚ research on drugs and vaccines targeting viral diseases such as HIV/AIDs has been of major importance given the high prevalence of these diseases across the world. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a type of virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome) (HIV and AIDS‚ n.d). The virus devastates the body’s defense mechanism‚ leaving a victim highly susceptible to opportunistic infections such as those caused by bacteria‚ fungi
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Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. |Circulatory Disease |Disease Description | |Heart Disease |Heart disease involves the heart‚ and usually blood vessels. The different types
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