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WH 102: Modern World Civilization Handout Eleven Topic: The Fourth Horseman: Magic Bullets and the Super Organism OUTLINE: XI. The Fourth Horseman: Magic Bullets and the Super Organism. A. Introduction. B. Smallpox: Plagues Replacement. C. The Microbe Hunters in the Nineteenth Century. D. Tuberculosis and the Search for Magic Bullets. E. Polio and the Fear of Infantile Paralysis. F. The Coming Plague and Emerging Viruses: Ebola, Marburg, and AIDS. G. The Return of the White Plague: Battles Won and Lost. H. Bioengineering and the Doomsday Weapon: Bioweapons. QUESTIONS: 1. What explains the rise of disease in the world today? How did this occur? 2. Where did smallpox come from and how were the first victims treated? How was this pestilence defeated? Explain. 3. Who was Louis Pasteur and what contribution did he make in understanding disease? 4. Tuberculosis has been called the White Plague. How is tuberculosis spread and why was it so difficult to defeat? What were the first treatments like? When did the world get a handle on the illness? Why was the battle against TB lost? 5. What is infantile paralysis? When did it become a problem? Why was the disease feared? Explain. 6. What is AIDS? How did AIDS arrive in the West? How dangerous is the illness? Explain. 7. Bioweapons are called the poor man’s atomic bomb. What makes those weapons so appealing? Why are they so dangerous? Explain. TERMS:
Magic Bullets Leeuwenhoek RNA/DNA Photosynthesis Rhinoviruses Viruses Robert Sutton Edward Jenner Inoculation Vaccination Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Attenuation Leprosy Minimal Lethal Dose Shauwdinn Paul Ehrlich Salvarsan Scrofula King’s Touch Microbacterium Tuberculosis Neosalvarsan Jonas Salk Alexander Fleming Lupus Vulgaris Consumption Albert Sabin Typhus George Boddington Selman Waksman George Domagk Protosil Basil O’Connor Polio March of Dimes Warm Springs PAS Thiosemicarbonzones |
