Saturday 13 October 2012

Studying People Scientifically



From Saving Fred to All Aboard, approaching problems involves well thought out methods.
What if you're studying people instead of solving a problem like we did in class today?  Does the problem solving method change?  Do you need to think about what's ethical with human testing? What's right and wrong? Next class we will be looking into one doctor's attempt at solving a serious health problem which existed in the Southern United States in the 1900s.  Watch the video (click on Dr. Goldberger's picture) and think about these questions:
1.  What was the problem of pellagra?
2.  What did people think caused pellegra?
3.   What evidence did Dr. Goldberger observe or collect about pellegra?
4.  What did Dr. Goldberger conclude about the cause of pellegra?
5.  What are your thoughts about the right and the wrong in Dr. Goldberger's testing to solve this problem?

 For more information on Dr. Goldberger and Pellegra - see  http://sepuplhs.org/students/sali/ 

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 October 2012 at 03:54

    Thanks for the video and post!I never new anything about Pellegra.

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  2. Anonymous16 October 2012 at 04:39

    Thanks for sharing! I also had no idea this illness ever happend. That's very weird that this started by the way the people ate.

    Saanya
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  3. Anonymous17 October 2012 at 02:37

    Thanks for the video! I had no idea that there was even a such thing a pellegra until now. It was surprising that by just changing people's diet they were cured.
    Avantika
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  4. Anonymous17 October 2012 at 05:16

    Thank you for sharing the video. I had never heard of pellagra before. It sort of sounds like eczema. I think that Dr. Goldberger was sort of cool. It's also kind of cool how he found the cure, and the tests that he used to test his ideas.

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