[LEC] UNIT 1 - INTRO TO SI (HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE) (Taylor's Version) Flashcards
Resistance to disease (infectious disease)
Immunology
origin of the word immunity
Immunis
T or F: Originally, immunis is the freedom from rendering service to the Roman state
T
T or F: Branch of biology that covers the study of immune systems in all organisms
T
T or F: Study of molecules, organs, systems
responsible for the recognition and disposal of antibodies
F
of foreign material
T or F: Immunology deals with desirable and undesirable consequences of immune interactions
T
________ can enhance the
functions of the immune cells or the system
itself, allowing the immune system to be manipulated
Immunomodulators
Scientific study of serum and other body fluids
Serology
T or F: Serum contains both antigens and antibodies
T (complements that serve as antigens)
Subdiscipline of immunology focusing on the study
of components in the serum
Serology
We can find antigens in the serum because
_________ ______ can play as antigens in
diagnostic procedures
complement proteins
example of antigen detection test
assays of complement proteins
In serology, the presence of _________ ________ are demonstrated in vitro
antigen-antibody interactions
Period when the devastating defects of diseases were recorded
2000 BC
He recorded that individuals who had
previously contracted the plague recovered
Thucydides
Thucydides recognized the _______ ______ of individuals
immune status
practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from smallpox lesions
Chinese
a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from smallpox lesions
variolation
Crude clinical practices developed by Arabs and Chinese (4)
- Pulverized dried crust blown into nostrils
- Dried crusts embedded onto skin
- Stored cotton pledgets rubbed
- Thread with pustular fluid
She was the wife of the British ambassador to
Constantinople
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
How many children did Lady Mary Wortley Montagu have?
2
Developed smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner
Patient of Edward Jenner
James Phipps
Jenner got the concept from _________
commonly affected by cowpox
milkmaids
Demonstrated cross immunity
Edward Jenner
Developed phagocytosis
Haeckel
T or F: Edward Jenner is the Father of Immunology
F
Louis Pasteur
Developed live attenuated, chicken cholera and anthrax vaccine
Louis Pasteur
Means by which the pathogen is made less virulent
Attenuation
1885 was the year of the first report of live “attenuated” vaccine for _______
rabies
Proponent of Cellular theory of immunity through phagocytosis
Élie Metchnikof