In the mid sixteenth century Rickets, a bone deforming disease was first described by F. Glisson in children who started to migrate to city centers due to industrial revolution1. The implication of exposure to the sunlight in the prevention and cure of this disease was first recognized by Sniadecki in 1822 2. Later these observations were extended by Palm in 1890 who concluded that rickets in children was due to the lack of sun exposure and promoted the systemic use of sun baths to prevent rickets3. Although cod-liver oil has been used medicinally for a long time, D scheutte in 1824 was the first to recommend it for the treatment of rickets4. In 1906 Hopkins postulated the presence of essential dietary factors necessary for the cure of diseases such as scurvy or rickets5. The concept that …show more content…
He proposed that exposure to UV radiation was effective against all forms of rickets in children. The most surprising observation was made by three different laboratories in 1924 where Goldblatt and Soames, Hess and Weinstock exposed variety of food, such as wheat, lettuce, olive, linseed oil and other substances like human and rat plasma to ultraviolet radiation. Both groups found that the ultraviolet radiation imparted antirachitic activity of the substances9-11. Working with the animal experiment, Steenbock and Black in 1916 found a strong connection between sunlight and calcium retention in goats12. With this background, Steenbock began to irradiate rats, their food and the air in their cages with UV light13. He concluded that an inactive lipid in the diet and skin could be converted by UV light into an active antirachitic substance and patented this process. He recommended that irradiation of milk might be an excellent method to provide vitamin D to children and to prevent
In Written in Bone the readers were informed about the difficulties of the past and how we have improved on them. For example on pages 90-91 the author wrote about Rickets, a disease caused by not enough sunlight
One of the most influential black politicians in American history, Andrew Young has made countless contributions towards the advancement of civil liberties across the globe. In the third chapter of Andrew J. DeRoche’s biography Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador, he successfully details how Young applied his experience in the Civil Rights Movement to his political career to help achieve peace and promote human rights in the United States and throughout the developing world. DeRoche’s research uses many primary sources such as a personal interview, excerpts from Young’s own autobiography, and direct quotes from speeches he made in Congress, making his study both thorough and reliable. Ultimately, DeRoche’s
This book is written by Gary Paulsen. It takes place in the Canadian wilderness, where Brian Robeson’s, who is 13 yrs. Old, plane crashes. Brian shows a lot of determination and strength, to be able to survive in the wilderness, with no one else.
1. The nation is at war, and your number in the recently reinstated military draft has just come up. The problem is that, after serious reflection, you have concluded that the war is unjust. What advice might Socrates give you? Would you agree? What might you decide to do? Read the Introduction, Chapter 2 Crito and the Conclusion Chapter 40 Phaedo by Plato.
Matt Lamkin’s “A Ban On Brain-Boosting Drugs is Not the Answer” first appeared in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2011. In this essay Lamkin aims to convince his reader not to deter improper conduct with threats, but to encourage students to engage in the practice of education. Lamkin tells us “If colleges believe that enhancing cognition with drugs deprives students of the true value of education, they must encourage students to adapt that value as their own” (642). Appeal to logic, consistency, and compare/contrast are techniques Lamkin skillfully uses to create a strong effective essay.
In 1985, a movie was made that displayed the attitudes and fears that Americans had of the former Soviet Union. Although the
Theobald Palm, was one of the few persons to observe and report the disease of “rickets”. Rickets is a skeletal disorder due to Vit D deficiency and is characterized by the soft, less mineralized and deformed bones in the children under three. In 17th century, increased still births and death of pregnant ladies were recorded due to obstructed labor. The children with rickets had easy fractures, bow legs and were rendered physically challenged. During this time Rickets started as an epidemic in small geographic regions in Europe, soon became a pandemic, especially in England, due to the industrialization of textile industries. The treatment for rickets was cod liver oil which did not help much.
If you were to see Rocky for the first time and you were anything like most people, you would be overcome by a feeling of repugnancy and disgust. This is because he is a homeless person. His real name is Jack but people call him “Rocky” because of his 6’2” body and his somewhat larger than normal muscles. He doesn’t have the body of any average man. The combination of his light green eyes, his long brown beard, and his long mocha hair falling down from his winter hat, which he wears in every season, reminds me of a depiction of Jesus. But that’s just pure physical appearance. Most of the time, the hair around the rim of his mouth is covered by whatever food he just ate. Sometimes it’s white rice, sometimes it’s powder like that
2.2 Review current legislation and organisational practices and policies for partnership working in health and social care
In order to heal a fractured, sprained or dislocated bone, the natives would form a padding of wet clay or rawhide to form a cast around the injury. This restricted movement, thus allowing the bone to heal properly. In another method, used by the Ojibwas, they washed the fractured arm with warm water, then greased it, applied a warm poultice of wild ginger and spikenard to ease the pain, covered it with cloth, and bound the arm with cedar splints (Vogel 215). This procedure resulted in a sling that allowed the broken bone to heal correctly. When someone broke a bone, it was crucial that the bone be able to heal properly as the injured person was needed to return to work as quickly as possible. Some Native Americans often used specific drugs to suppress ovulation and control the menstrual cycle (Vogel 5). This drug's success started researchers on the road that led to the pill, a common form of birth control today. This demonstrates that many of the needs of the people of the past are similar to the needs of the people today. In 1536, an Indian chief, Domagaia, treated an abundant disease, scurvy, by boiling the leaves and bark of a 'magical tree' and then placing the dregs upon the legs of the people that had been exposed (Morsette 5).
In Life, you can inspire or be inspired. Whatever you dedicate yourself to and become successful in what that plan, it is important to represent yourself, leaving a legacy for others to follow in your footstep. Many people of different backgrounds, race, and cultures all have a story to tell, a story that will be told years from now and impact someone to do even greater things in their time. As black history month approaches, a time where we acknowledge those who had great accomplishments, and how they impacted others as well as their community. Many African-Americans in Florida’s history, are not recognized as often as they should. One person, in particular, would be Joseph W. Hatchett.
In the past decade, network television has been bombarded by crime shows attempting to make their mark on viewers. All of these programs—CSI, Lie to Me, Numb3rs, Law & Order—have the same general set up of a male lead with a hot-head who is complemented by his team of FBI agents. As a loyal viewer and fan of Bones, I often wonder what makes it stay afloat with so many shows out there like it. Could it be that Bones isn’t like any of the other crime shows? Through its crimes and unsolved murders, Bones helps its viewers make sense of the disastrous world around them. The world we live in is full of danger and unsolved crime, but after watching Dr. Brennan, her team of “squints” and Agent Booth solve even the most bizarre murders, the
In Europe doctors prescribe vitamin D for infants to prevent those kinds of problems, and also they recommend daily walks in the sun. That is why the children in Europe don’t have rickets as often as in United States. The doctors here depend on the vitamins that are in the formula, but it is not enough.
This essay aims to discuss the argument both for and against the claims that Irish Travellers should be recognised as an ethnic group. An ethnic group is defined as "a category of people who identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences" (Bailey 2010). Currently, the Irish Traveller community is not recognised by the Irish government as an ethnic minority group. This is despite the best efforts from the government-funded non-governmental organisation Pavee Point which was established in 1985 to improve the human rights of Irish Travellers and to help bridge the economic and social inequalities between Travellers and settled people in Ireland (Pavee Point 2016). In a country which became
The next adjectives were taken from the text. For each adjective write the form which is indicated in brackets. Follow the example.