Pathology

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"Northeast Arkansas Regional AIDS Network" flyer with contact information
AIDS
The first cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency...
Microscopic organisms with corresponding letters
Cestodes
aka: Tapeworms
Cestodes (tapeworms) include flatworms belonging to the phylum Plat...
"Governor Hamby" newspaper clipping
Cholera
Cholera, a deadly, infectious gastrointestinal disease that usually spreads through contaminated water, is an ...
Life cycle diagram with labeled phases
Coccidia
Coccidians are microorganisms belonging to the Phylum Apicomplexa and Suborder Eimeriorina, which includes eig...
White woman and three white men behind sign promoting immunization.
Diphtheria
Diphtheria is a serious contagious disease caused by toxin-producing strains of the bacteria Corynebacterium d...
White patients sleeping on cots in airplane hanger
Flu Epidemic of 1918
aka: Influenza Epidemic of 1918
A deadly influenza outbreak began in 1918 and spread around the wor...
Two white men walking in suits overcoats top hats with canes on sidewalk with pedestrians
Hookworm Eradication
Hookworm disease was a significant public health issue in Arkansas until the movement to eradicate hookworms i...
"Rift in the Cloud" newspaper clipping
Hot Springs Smallpox Outbreak of 1895
In the early months of 1895, Hot Springs (Garland County) suffered through a blizzard, numerous fires, and a s...
Engraved stone monument in field with planters and trees
Human Dissection Monument
The first human dissection performed in Arkansas is commemorated by an obelisk located at the edge of MacArthu...
Water filled pit with multistory house in the background
Malaria
Malaria is a serious infectious disease caused by a single-celled parasite known as a plasmodium, which is gen...
"Pellagra expert called to State to investigate" newspaper clipping
Pellagra
Pellagra is a form of malnutrition caused by a severe deficiency of niacin (also known as nicotinic acid or v...
White woman scientist in blouse, lab coat handles white mouse with white male assistant watching
Pertussis
aka: Whooping Cough
Pertussis or “whooping cough” is an acute infectious disease ca...
White boy in body brace and white woman playing with toys at small table
Polio
The poliovirus terrorized the United States for many years, and Arkansas was no exception. Infection with the ...
Round red object with white center and ruler
Rabies
Rabies, a viral disease that attacks the body’s central nervous system, causes convulsions, hallucinations, ...
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Rubella
Rubella or “German measles” is a contagious disease caused by a virus of the genus rubivirus, which is ide...
White man sitting in chair
Smallpox
Smallpox is an infectious disease characterized by the formation of a rash and blisters across the face and ex...
Bacteria and infected human tissue with corresponding letters
Tickborne Diseases
Ticks are a very specific cosmopolitan collection of obligate, haematophagous, ectoparasitic arthropods of ver...
Tall and long building with rows of windows and outbuilding with trees and water towers in the background
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (also known as consumption) is a contagious, potentially fatal bacterial infection that mainly af...
White woman scientist in blouse, lab coat handles white mouse with white male assistant watching
Typhoid
Typhoid is among the earliest diseases reported in Arkansas and was a significant public health problem up thr...
African American young woman wearing velvet v neck drape with a necklace and round earrings smiling
Carmel “Rockie” Walker (1966–1990)
Carmel Walker was the first Arkansan to receive a heart transplant. At the age of eighteen, Walker was diagnos...
Insect on human skin and virus under magnification
West Nile Virus
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA flavivirus (family Flavivirid...
"Kickapoo Indian Worm Killer" flyer showing a drawing of a man in a headdress holding a child
Worms [Medical Condition], Traditional Remedies
aka: Intestinal Parasites
Well into the twentieth century, it was believed that all children ...
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Yellow Fever
In 1878 and 1879, Southern cities such as Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, were devastated by e...