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__Directions__: Use the links below to find information about different scientific concepts and ideas. Many of the questions are related to science in the 1700s, yet others are more contemporary topics. Also, not all of the websites are about Yellow Fever. You will also be learning about other epidemics that occurred during the 1700s and into the 21st century. Answer the questions in complete sentences on a sheet of paper as you go.
 * Science in //Fever 1793 //**

World Health Organization (WHO): Yellow Fever http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs100/en/

1. Describe the "acute" phase of Yellow Fever.

2. What is usually the end result of acute Yellow Fever?

3. What are the symptoms of the "toxic" phase that 15% of patients experience?

4. What is usually the end result of toxic Yellow Fever?

5. How is the Yellow Fever virus transmitted? How do people "catch" it?

6. Describe two things that people can do to prevent the spread of Yellow Fever?

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Mosquito-borne Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_mosquitoborne.htm

West Nile Virus and Malaria are two other diseases that are spread by mosquitos.

7. What are three things that people can do to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus?

8. What are the symptoms of Malaria?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9. How many cases of Malaria occurred in 2010? Of those cases, how many died from the virus? What percentage of cases were in African nations?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">A Modern Herbal <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/comindx.html

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Before modern approaches to fighting disease began, people used herbal remedies when stricken with illness. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10. What part of the Jalap plant was used as medicine?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 11. What part of chamomile was used? What does it smell like?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">12. What part of myrrh (myrrh baths) was utilized?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">13. Do these herbs seem like effective treatments for Yellow Fever or other viruses? Why or why not?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Epidemics in Colonial Philadelphia <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Yellow Fever wasn't the only epidemic to strike colonial Philadelphia. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 24px;">14. Describe the Smallpox epidemic in Philadelphia. When did it happen? What caused it?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> 15. Name and describe a second epidemic in Philadelphia. When did it happen? What caused it?



<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">George Washington, Smallpox, and the American Revolution <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/CelebrityDiagnosis/24996

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 24px;">16. How old was Washington and where was he at when he contracted Smallpox?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 24px;">17. What two steps could people take during the 1700s to protect themselves from Smallpox?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 24px;">18. Which of these steps did Washington take during the revolution to protect the soldiers from Smallpox?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Jumping Ahead to 1918: The Great Influenza <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Learn about one of the worst epidemics in all of human history. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 24px;">19. How many people were killed by the Influenza pandemic?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">20. What were two other names for this epidemic of flu

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">21. What age group was most likely to come down with this flu? Why is this unusual?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">22. Describe one way in which Influenza is different than Yellow Fever.