NEUROLOGY 209F

Course overview

*Compare and contrast chiropractors of the 1940s with modern day chiropractors. *Define neuropathy. *Recite the major points related to chiropractic physical rehabilitation of neuropathy. *Contrast and compare medical treatment of polio in the 1940s, to chiropractic treatment of polio at the same time. *List potential reasons related to public hygiene which may account for disease epidemics. *Discuss facts related to "Sister Kenny" in regard to her credentials, her claims, and her notoriety. *Itemize the early chiropractic colleges and discuss Willard Carver school of thought and the "mixers". *Critically evaluate the world health organization's campaign to eradicate polio. *Discuss the ethics of herd immunity. *Compare and contrast individual interests vs. societal interests. *Discuss the types, risks and benefits of the inactive polio virus (injected). *Discuss the risks and benefits of the oral polio virus (live, attenuated). *List the types of wild polio virus. *Define vaccine associated paralytic polio mile items (VAPP) *Define circulating vaccine derived polio virus. *Discuss the concepts of risk: benefit ratio. *Discuss the transmission and pathophysiology and list the presenting signs and symptoms of a polio virus infection. *List the different types of Polio virus infection. *Quantify the various affects of the polio virus on different groups of individuals. *Itemize ethical concerns regarding Dr. Jonas Salk. *Graph the incidence of polio cases after other vaccines were introduced and after the definition of a polio diagnosis was altered. *Discuss SV40 tainted vaccines. *Define acute flaccid paralysis as it relates to new "non-polio" outbreaks.