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The Strange Case of BeriBeri: In 1887 a strange nerve disease attacked the people in the Dutch East Indies. The disease was beriberi. Symptoms of thedisease included weakness and loss of appetite, victims often died of heart failure. Scientists thought the disease might be caused by bacteria. They injected chickens with bacteria from the blood ofpatients with beriberi. The injected chickens became sick. However, so did a group of chickens that were not injected with bacteria. One of the scientists, Dr. Eijkman, noticed something. Before theexperiment, all the chickens had eaten whole-grain rice, but during the experiment, the chickens were fed polished rice. Dr. Eijkman researched this interesting case and found that polished rice lackedthiamine, a vitamin necessary for good health. 1. State the Problem 2. What was the hypothesis? 3. How was the hypothesis tested? 4. Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on theexperiment? 5. What should be the new hypothesis and how would you test it? Disease Causing Agents: Instructions- Access the following website or download the app for your tablet, iPod, iPhone, Android devices:web site – itragehealth.com app – itrage health 6. List the five infectious agents, find a disease caused by each of the agents (infectious, physical and chemical), in the website or the app, listthe symptoms and possible treatment. Natural History of Disease: Read the scenarios identify what part of the natural history of disease the disease is at in both the seven steps natural history ofdisease model and the Leavell and Clark model. State what level of prevention would the person would be at and why. 7. The person has been feeling dizzy, tired and achy for the past 24 hours. 8. Theperson is recovering from third degree burns after being in a car accident. The person’s body is beginning to show some scar tissue and will probably be covered by scar tissue from the burns. 9. A person...