tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6991706745198100446..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: History of blood transfusions and soldiers at warHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-77537344267575653412018-06-03T15:44:41.798+10:002018-06-03T15:44:41.798+10:00Parnassus
historical antipathy to research and pr...Parnassus<br /><br />historical antipathy to research and practice was very clear in some areas of medicine eg medical societies were established to oppose flouride in drinking water or compulsory vaccinations (against fatal diseases) for children. But it was not as clear in the case of blood transfusions, especially amongst wounded soldiers. What was unforgivable was the army not taking responsibility for services for its own young conscripts. <br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36886519683107322162018-06-03T15:27:14.686+10:002018-06-03T15:27:14.686+10:00Peter
thank you. I imagine no disease is ever tot...Peter<br /><br />thank you. I imagine no disease is ever totally eradicated for all time, is it?<br /><br />There is still no commercially available malaria vaccine but the most advanced vaccine (RTS,S/AS01) against the deadliest form of human malaria is being improved all the time. Newer vaccines are being trialed.<br /><br />World Health Organisation noted that RTS,S/AS01 is a complementary malaria control tool that could be added to – but not replace – the core package of proven malaria preventive, diagnostic and treatment measures. Take note, Venezuela!!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14523609209605712062018-06-03T12:54:35.331+10:002018-06-03T12:54:35.331+10:00Hello Hels, Rapid advances in medical technology ...Hello Hels, Rapid advances in medical technology and science are always desirable, but as you point out it is sad when war grounds supply the impetus for such specialized medical care. Imagine how much sooner things like blood transfusions would have developed had there not been an historical antipathy to medical research.<br />--Jim Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33312287601158909882018-06-03T10:25:37.428+10:002018-06-03T10:25:37.428+10:00Some eradicated diseases have returned. Venezuela ...Some eradicated diseases have returned. Venezuela is facing an escalating malaria crisis, even as the infection rates have continued to decline across most of the rest of the planet. The situation is a shocking reversal in a country that was once seen as a flag bearer for global malaria eradication. The disease was almost wiped out by 1980. <br /><br />Now, however, while infection rates have been in decline across the rest of the Americas, malaria is exploding in Venezuela and cases are being exported across its borders as people flee conditions in the country. The catastrophic state of Venezuela’s malaria situation was underlined by the World Health Organization’s global malaria programme who reported that the incidence of this mosquito-borne disease in 2017, at 406,000, had jumped up 69% from the previous year’s figure and is in turn five times higher than the 2013 rate.<br /><br />Peter BeaumontPeter Beaumonthttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/21/malaria-rates-soar-venezuela-five-times-more-cases-than-in-2013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-23279200740717169972018-06-02T20:10:14.647+10:002018-06-02T20:10:14.647+10:00Joseph
After studying in Prague, Dr Jan Jansky wo...Joseph<br /><br />After studying in Prague, Dr Jan Jansky worked in a psychiatric clinic, becoming a Professor in 1914. During WWI, Dr Jansky served on the front line, working as a doctor. Then he dedicated his time in the military to finding a link between blood diseases and mental illnesses, and published his findings. He found no link between diseases of the blood and the brain, but he did report the four types of blood that he found. What a difference one man made!!<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80014240688957752342018-06-02T20:08:50.061+10:002018-06-02T20:08:50.061+10:00Andrew
Quora answered that all mammals use the sa...Andrew<br /><br />Quora answered that all mammals use the same basic molecule for carrying oxygen, although there are variations between species. Pig blood could probably be genetically engineered to manufacture human haemoglobin, but there are two big problems: <br />1.pig blood groups are very different, and <br />2.pigs have different hormone loads so they would not be suitable for transfusion to humans, without full suppression of the immune system.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69805350831565072252018-06-02T18:32:26.289+10:002018-06-02T18:32:26.289+10:00If it wasn't for Dr Jan Jansky's discoveri...If it wasn't for Dr Jan Jansky's discovering the four major blood groups, many blood recipients would have continued to die and noone would have understood why. The man was a Czech, a doctor and a genius.<br /><br />Czech JosephJosephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82651659829569020852018-06-02T12:23:19.651+10:002018-06-02T12:23:19.651+10:00I have read that pig blood is the closest blood to...I have read that pig blood is the closest blood to human blood, and can be used in an emergency. Bit of an icky thought though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com