M5. Theories of Disease Causation.

Question 1

Disease was due to?

Answer 1

evil spirits

Question 2

Recovery was attributed to?

Answer 2

good spirits

Question 3

Take note langs~

Answer 3

Control measures include offering sacrifices and “casting-out demons”

Question 4

DISEASE is associated with:
- physical environment
- season
- climate
- temperature
- overcrowding
- filth

DISEASE are due to:
- poisonous substances
- gases from the earth

Answer 4

Filth Theory

Question 5

• was the cause of FEVER
• Building huge fires can purify the air
• Programs to remove filth likewise put up to serve to advance community sanitation

Answer 5

Bad air

Question 6

• Disease is due to MICROSCOPIC FORMS of life
• Opened the concepts of isolation and quarantine
• some measures to destroy and remove it are: disinfection, fumigatin, and general cleanliness

Answer 6

Germ or Bacteriological Theory

Question 7

Disease results from the interaction of multiple ecologic factors within a dynamic system made up of an agent of disease, host and the environment

Answer 7

Concept of Multiple causation