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(Encyclopedia) SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache…Nat
Nat"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. "Yes. Who sent you?" "Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the…Brewer's: Churchwarden
(A). A long clay pipe, such as churchwardens used to smoke some half a century ago when they met together in the parish tavern, after they had made up their accounts in the vestry, or been…Childhood Diseases: Infectious Mononucleosis
Infectious MononucleosisChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of…The Common Cold
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. The problem. In the course of a year, individuals in the United States suffer one billion colds,…Epidemics of the Past: Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic
Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Epidemics of the Past Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Bubonic Plague Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: February 20, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 19, 1806February 21, 1806February 20, 1806 Thursday February 20th 1806. Permited Collins to hunt this morning he returned in the evening…The True George Washington: Physique: Illness and Disease
Illness and DiseaseDespite his strength and constitution, Washington was frequently the victim of illness. What diseases of childhood he suffered are not known, but presumably measles was…Anatomy and
Physiology: Volumes and Volumes
Volumes and VolumesAnatomy and
PhysiologyThe Respitory SystemLungs, Bronchi, Trachea, NosePharynxMore Than Just a PipeGas Laws and BreathingVolumes and Volumes
To truly understand breathing, it…Childhood Diseases: The Polio Panic
The Polio PanicChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…Trending
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