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this is an opportunity to offer students some knowledge about the major infectious and parasitic diseases afflicting humans and other mammals. focusing on selected key diseases such as the plague, tuberculosis, influenza and yellow fever, it will examine their history and literature, their causes, their consequences, both social and medical, and their treatment and prevention.

related words and phrases (n.)

anthrax            炭疽        flu 流感
appendicitis       闌尾炎      first aid 急救
artery             動脈        headache 頭痛
aspirin            阿司匹林    heart attack 心臟病
asthma             哮喘        hepatitis 肝炎
bacterium          細菌        infection 傳染病
blood poisoning    敗血癥      leukemia 白血病
blood pressure     血壓        measles 麻疹
blood sugar        血糖        metabolism 新陳代謝
cancer             癌          have an operation 動手術(shù)
pharmacy           藥店        organ donation 器官捐贈
diagnosis          診斷        parkinson’s disease 帕金森癥
emergency room     急癥室      plague 瘟疫
fever              發(fā)燒        prescription 處方
runny nose         流涕        allergies 過敏
vaccination        接種        prostate 前列腺