Here is a link about John Snow, thought to be the father of epidemiology, who discovered that cholera was water borne and whose work helped halt a cholera epidemic in the 1850s.

Read this link about Ignaz Semmelweis who is credited as the discoverer of antiseptic technique; he was not treated as a hero in his day and met a bad end. Cartoon below lifted from Beatrice the Biologist.

The next few weeks will cover the following topics (check back Wednesday night for readings and assignment for next week):

Week 12 November 5

Evolution and Mental Health

Week 13 November 12

Parasite manipulation of host behavior

Week 14 November 19

Anorexia (not eating) and medication taking as adaptive sickness behaviors

Week 15 – November 26

Special guest lecture, Roland Cooper PhD

Malaria and the evolution of antimalarial resistance.

Week 16 December 3

Final Presentations

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Joe Alcock

Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine