Hypoxia and Medicine

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im writing my paper on my sidekick phone bcuz my comp is broken. can some one just copy this text into microsoft word or whatever and tell me how many pages it takes up? **DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 FONT, TIMES NEW ROMAN just check for me please. one 1/2? two 3/4? how many pages ? With a severe lack of medical knowledge and primitive remedies to illnesses it was quite easy for a now- common ailment or affliction to quickly turn severely life threatening. Two of the leading causes of disease in the middle ages were poor hygiene and very close living arrangements. Because people lived in such close proximity to one another, airborne and contagious diseases spread like wildfire and quickly passed from one person to the next. During this time hygiene was not much of a concern and cleanliness was not practiced very thoroughly at all. Because of this fact, it was very easy for even the smallest cut or wound to become dangerously infected in no time at all. Proper care of wounds and cuts were not used and wounds were not properly disinfected, cleaned or covered. Infections were unavoidable and quite perilous. Another cause of disease during the medieval time period was poor diet and insufficient nutrition. Most medieval diets were lacking vital nutrients and minerals that were very important for warding off sickness and disease. Eating the right amount of vitamins and healthy foods would have prevented a vast amount of illnesses during this period. Rough clothing caused skin conditions and rashes. Without adequately warm homes or insulation, pneumonia was quite common and could cause death. Mental Illness was a very large problem in the middle ages and was very rarely properly treated. People with these types of diseases were often ridiculed and treated inhumanely because their illness was widely misunderstood and socially un-accepted. The disease with the highest death toll in the middle ages was The Black Plague. It was also known as The Black Death or The Bubonic Plague. Symptoms included fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and swollen lymph nodes. This was spread quickly by way of rats, fleas and close contact with those affected. Victims of this disease were usually dead within a week of being infected and about 85% did not survive. Treatment of ailments were often very dangerous and weren't even guaranteed to work. In fact, it was more likely for the patient's condition to worsen and for him to become even more sick after seeing the doctor because of such unethical and unsanitary conditions the doctors practiced under. Tools used for surgery were rarely cleaned and disinfectant was not a part of procedure. Anesthetics were also not invented by the middle ages so patients had to endure these surgeries without any type of pain killer or anesthesia. One common procedure used to cure a wide variety of ailments was called Blood Letting. Doctors believed certain body parts controlled or caused certain sicknesses and were linked to other organs. Physicians thought that draining the "bad blood" from a certain area it would in turn release the toxins in the organ that corresponded with it. This could be done by the doctor by simply cutting a vein or with the use of medical leeches. Patients often bled to death or developed a serious infection or

Public Comments

1. 1 3/4 if you space out paragraphs, like probably 2 3/4...
2. 1 1/2 :)
3. With double spacing, Times New Roman, and sized 12 font, it takes up just under 1 and a half pages. But it looks like it didn't let you paste the entire essay.. lol. By the way I used Microsoft Word 2007. Good luck on the paper.