Biomaterial Database

[Homeopathic immunization against yellow fever in Havana, 1855]. 1991

P M Pruna

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003462	Cuba	An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies, south of Florida. With the adjacent islands it forms the Republic of Cuba. Its capital is Havana. It was discovered by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and conquered by Spain in 1511. It has a varied history under Spain, Great Britain, and the United States but has been independent since 1902. The name Cuba is said to be an Indian name of unknown origin but the language that gave the name is extinct, so the etymology is a conjecture. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p302 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p132)
D006705	Homeopathy	A system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), based on the Law of Similars where "like cures like". Diseases are treated by highly diluted substances that cause, in healthy persons, symptoms like those of the disease to be treated.	Homoeopathy
D000486	Allergy and Immunology	A medical specialty concerned with the hypersensitivity of the individual to foreign substances and protection from the resultant infection or disorder.	Immunology,Allergy Specialty,Allergy, Immunology,Immunology and Allergy,Immunology, Allergy,Specialty, Allergy
D015004	Yellow Fever	An acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a virus and transmitted to man by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Haemagogus. The severe form is characterized by fever, HEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE, and renal damage.	Fever, Yellow,Fevers, Yellow,Yellow Fevers
D049711	History, Modern 1601-	The period of history from 1601 of the common era to the present.	History, Modern,Modern History,History of Medicine, Modern,Medicine, Modern,Modern History (Medicine),Modern Medicine,1601- History, Modern,History, Modern (Medicine),History, Modern 1601,Modern 1601- History