History of West Med Exam 2

Treponema pallidum pallidum

syphilis bacteria

syphilis (social/cultural perception)

highly stigmatized, everyone says someone else brought it, desperation, lots of attempts to treat it

syphilis (origins)

classic idea- from Colombian exchange from new world to old, first big outbreak 1495; however maybe from earlier according to new evidence

venereology

branch focused on STIs

“foul” patients

stigmatized idea of people infected

doctor-patient confidentiality

idea of keeping medical info sensitive and between doc-patient, esp with info about veneral disease

Contagious Diseases Act

UK Parliament passes to combat venereal diseases in army and navy

Tuskegee Study

study where 399 African American men with diagnosed syphilis were not treated despite info and access to be able to, people died from disease

race medicine

idea that certain races are physiologically more inclined or immune to disease

yellow fever

quick, rough disease spread by mosquitoes, lots of symptoms, characteristic jaundice

Aedes aegypti

mosquito that spreads yellow fever

seasoning sickness

idea that yellow fever caused by people from cold/dry environments adjusting to humid hot ones

1802 Leclerc expedition

group of French soldiers sent by Napoleon to stop slave revolt in Haiti

historiographic debates about disease and Haitian rev

how much credit is given to French dying from yellow fever vs slaves fighting back

Polygenism

different races have different initial ancestors

innatism

idea that mind is born with preconceived ideas, knowledge and mental structure (vs blank slate)

1793 epidemic

epidemic in Philly when it was capitol, 5k/50k ppl died

John Lining

fake doctor, main proponent of idea that black ppl innately can’t get yellow fever

Benjamin Rush

doctor in Philly, founding father v well regarded, applies Lining’s idea and says that Black ppl in Philly should be caretakers for disease bc can’t get it

Free African Society

mutual fund aid by black people, had big role in helping with yellow fever