Germs: A Short Story

At the end of the story, “Stains”, when the mother hears the telephone ring, she immediately dashes to the sound of the loud ring of the telephone and answers it. On the other end of the line, a lady from St. Andrew’s hospital informs her about her son’s critical state that he is in and her son’s need for her. Right then and there, she was already out the door. She knew that this could be the last opportunity to show her son how much she loves him and how much she wants her son to have a better life. The hospital was only a few blocks away, and so she ran as fast as she could, her heart beating loudly and her hair flying furiously in the frigid mid-February air. She finally reached the entrance of the hospital in less than ten minutes running,

I stand and stare in disbelief as the car’s bonnet is crumpled into the bulky metal pole on the side of the road. My limbs are numb and I am drenched from head to toe. The glistening droplets continuously drip off the tip of my nose as I realize how much trouble I’m going to get into. The wind wails around me as if it’s saying “you’re going to be in so much trouble”. I suddenly get back into the car and attempt to reverse the car so no one will see the car rammed into the power pole. Mum and Dad's pristine new car. Scratched. Dented. Ruined.

“In the light of the germ theory…[d]jseases are to be considered as a struggle between the organism and the parasites invading it.” The aforementioned quote, by Henry Gandle, a professor of physiology at Chicago Medical College, characterizes the germ theory through the collective human struggle against disease inducing microorganisms. In a period of discovery, where the nature of various germs and diseases were brought to light, the common conception encompassed a war between humans and diseases; this analogy to a war implicates a united effort on the part of the human race in battling these dangerous microorganisms. Tomes writes in The Gospel of Germs not only of the different scientific discoveries associated with the emergent germ

In the article “Where the World Began” the author Margaret Laurence represents her life in the Canadian Prairies and parts of Canada, on how she viewed the world .She gives descriptions of her hometown and how her childhood was like in the Canadian Prairies to give a representation of Canada. She states that she has found her own view of the parries and describes her home in the Canadian Prairies as a little microorganism. Throughout the essay, she talks about her memories, the season and the interesting things about her homeland which raises the perspective from the rest of the world. Lawrence's constantly has a deeper meaning and it gets you to think if she is mythologizing her views on Canada in a non fictional autobiographical essay.

Food production led to the causes of many things, some such as germs carried by farmers usually, technology, and literacy. Infections and diseases were led by various animals, being around them or being involved with them caused this. Some of the major diseases we get as humans are smallpox, tuberculosis, flu, plague, measles, malaria, and cholera. These are evolved and mainly gotten from animals, usually animals like house pets or farm animals, since humans interact with them more than other kinds of animals. Germs and microbes pass through victims and spread around fairly simple or not simple at all. Usually, the easiest way for a germ to spread is through waiting to be passed to another victim. As if someone who is “sick” is contagious and

Chapter 11: Germs played the role by killing the weaker people while the stronger become immune to the germs. So settlements got destroyed while others stayed up and going. This means that a lot of natives were killed by the Spanish bringing over the germs.

When Ruby passed by the two infected, they had caught Chuckles attention and he began to bark and growl frantically at them. “Shut up… Shut up, Chuckles, Jeez!” Lovienthal cried out to his dog in a low demanding voice, full-well knowing his efforts would be unsuccessful. He knew that once Chuckles had his mind-set on something, there was only one thing that could take his attention away from it—Food. “Quick, find something for him to eat!” Lovienthal exclaimed. “What?” Mary asked, shrugging her shoulders, hands held out and supinated. “I don’t know…,” said Lovienthal, “anything that will shut him up, Jeez, C’mon. He’s a dog. He’ll eat anything. He eats his own turds for Christ sake.”

The day I was made was nice and sunny, probably. I wouldn’t know because the time I was in the world there was chaos. I originated in the oven of a nice house. There was a black circular object that I think was supposed to be a pizza. There wasn’t a good view of the house from the oven, so I decided to move to the rest of the kitchen. The feeling of this world was remarkable but overwhelming. I needed more. I must consume it all. I engulfed the whole kitchen, embracing the power I have over this world. This power isn’t enough though. I spread to the rest of the house, where I see a girl. She was asleep, I must not be intimidating enough. I will see her scream before the end of her lousy life. I was about to wake her, but she woke up on her

Left off with her mother for the weekend (at her own request and, she suspected – although she’d left an open invitation – alone), Rose Tyler had expected a quiet one; as quiet as a weekend with Jackie Tyler could be, at any rate. And it was, for the most part. Mickey came over for a movie; Jackie made them a terrible Sunday dinner; they all pretended to like it. Rose was still coming down from the gas mask child and Jack and dancing, and it was nice. It really was. She expected to meet the Doctor the next Monday rested, refreshed, and ready to go!

A wicked grin ghosted Amy's pale lips at the strangers' description to whoever listened to the other side of his comm. Eyes worthy of her name fixated on the weapon poised in her direction, her gaze shifted momentarily as he requisitioned information from the VDT " Don't fret about infection; I simply borrowed an inconsequential amount of blood platelets, as you were the closest source in conjunction to vivificating me " Her tone was calm as well as collected in an almost professional manner given the circumstances. Pausing briefly to inhale a couple deep breaths. It was then that she noticed a slight draft against her skin as her body temperature elevated faintly. Glancing down it dawned on her that upon entering the cryogenic pod she had stripped of all attire, save for the body jewelry that glinted from her bosom ( resembling two skeletal hands formed to cover each nipple), lip, as well as vaguely pointed ears. A large purplish scar resembling a lightning strike reached from just below her collarbone stretching up towards the base of her throat. The only other adornment that graced her alabaster skin was a modest, shimmering, obsidian colored tattoo in an old forgotten language that encircled her wrist.

Louis Pasteur was one of the brilliant scientists of his day. He was the one who discovered vaccines for Rabies, Anthrax, Cholera, Tuberculosis, and Smallpox. His most important discovery in medicine was the idea of injecting the disease into someone who already has the disease to build up immunity to it and help the body grow stronger. Besides the Rabies vaccine discovery, he is most known for discovering the idea called “the germ theory of disease,” which is the idea that specific germs cause diseases, and if they can determine the germ they can cure the disease by injecting it into the body. His motivation for these discoveries all started when a beer factory had fermented and the beer had gone sour. This caused the owner of the factory to question why and he brought in Louis Pasteur to help him figure out this anomaly. Louis figured out it was because of the microorganisms found in the beer that was causing it to sour. He began looking at different types of drinks as well like milk and

The initial steps of the classical complement pathway require the binding of antibodies to the surface of the target bacterium. The antibodies then target for one particular complement protein complex, called as C1. This complement protein C1 binds to the tail (Fc region) of the antibody. Once bound, C1 initiates a series of cleavage and forming of complement complexes that ends in the binding of several complement proteins to the surface of the bacterium that forms a membrane attack complex (MAC) or can generate opsonins that label a bacterium for destruction. MAC inserts itself into the cell membrane of Gram-negative, but not in Gram-positive, bacteria. It then produces pores that allow the entry of membrane damaging molecules, such as lysozyme, and makes the bacterium susceptible to osmotic

Deep in the walls of Cupola lies a secret. A 200 year old magical secret. And it’s up to Anya and her friends to solve it.

I saw addison running towards clorox to the rooftop, I tried pulling addison back but he pulled away and continued to run. I finally caught up to addison once more and pushed him down with all my might, I said “ NO! Let me go instead, he will give me the money.” I ran to the rooftop and noticed that clorox was not there. I then heard footsteps coming towards me, right then I knew addison didn't listen and was heading towards me, I ran back to tell him off but it wasn't addison it was a cop that got startled and BOOM! I was gone…. At least i thought I was, everything went black.

selected to read the book "Germs Make Me Sick!" by Melvin Berger. This book gives vital information about germs and teaches about bacteria on a young child’s level. The book talks about how germs are caught and getting sick from germs and what must one do to prevent it.