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971: Marijuana: ... in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the time. Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannibis sativa, was mentioned in historical manuscripts as early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of the marijuana plant began as far back as the Jamestown settlers, around 1611, who used hemp produced from the marijuana plant's fibers to make rope and canvas ...

972: Spontaneous and Induced Abortions: ... and with Japan and several eastern European and Scandinavian countries in the 1950s. In some countries the unavailability of birth-control devices was a factor in the acceptance of abortion. In the late 20th century China used abortions on a large scale as part of its population-control policy. A broad social movement for the relaxation or elimination of restrictions on the performance of abortions resulted in the passing of liberalized ...

973: The Black Death: ... anyone infected with the disease. Epidemics of the bubonic plague have been occurring since 430 BC, but the most widespread one was in fourteenth century Europe. The Black Death is believed to have begun in China in the 1330’s plague. Through trade the disease reached Italy in 1347 and spread throughout the rest of Europe. The plague is spread fleas that infect rats. The rats tended to live in areas ...

974: Herbal Medicines: ... from enlarging. The effect can be doubled if used with chemotherapy treatments. A plus that comes along with using TCM is there are not the harsh side effects such as vomiting and weakened immune system" ("China" np). This is a major plus when cancer patients are faced with the choices of chemotherapy or eventually die because the cancer will spread. Thus, adding another benefit to the world through natural herbs. As ...

975: Cancer: ... drastically since the spread of cigarette smoking in growing countries. Stomach cancer is the second leading form of cancer in men, after lung cancer. Another on the increase, for women, is breast cancer, particularly in China and Japan. The fourth on the list is colon and rectum cancer, which occurs mostly in older people. In the United States more than one-fifth of the deaths in the early '90s was caused ...

976: Pesticides and Their Harmful Affects: ... residues. After all, society knows that fruits and vegetables are very important to maintain a balanced diet. So produce must be protected and maybe there are safer ways of doing it. In some countries like China, they encourage the service and population of spiders and other insect-eating creatures within their rice crops. When we spray poisons to kill pests, we are also killing that pest's natural predators. The only ...

977: Tobacco: Opposing Viewpoints: ... so the taxes didn’t slow production or demand. Many countries at this time had prohibited or restricted use of tobacco. Harsh punishments for smoking tobacco were enacted in Russia, Turkey, and other countries, especially China where tobacco sellers were decapitated. Cigarette smoking did not become popular until the late eighteen hundreds. Although the U.S. was not the first country to use cigarettes, in eighteen eighty three American James Bonsack ...

978: Cholera: Virulence, Origin, and Pandemics: ... strain has been found that produces cholera. This V. cholerae strain expresses a different surface antigen than O1. It is now called O139. It originated in Bangladesh in late 1992 (5) and has spread to China, Pakistan, and Thailand to name a few. Scientists tend to agree than the O139 strain is a cross between O1 and non-O1 strains. This new strain spread faster than even the seventh pandemic. Reports ...

979: Homeopathic Remedies: ... Western mind. Hundreds of years of tradition have shaped Chinese medicine, but in those hundreds years few Chinese physicians have been allowed to actually open a body and look inside, because of social taboos in China. This has changed emphasis from form to function in Chines medicine. Chinese medicine explains most body function in terms of "chi". Chi is thought by Chinese physicians to be an energy, which flows through our ...

980: Leprosy: ... one of the world’s oldest and most misunderstood diseases. It has afflicted mankind for centuries and is also referenced in the Bible. Some of the oldest documented cases date back to 600 BC in China and India (LEPROSY 1). For several years Leprosy has “ ... etched a terrifying image in history and human memory, of mutilation, reflection and exclusion from society” (A World 1). Throughout history there have been misconceptions of ...

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