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Growing Pains of the Chosen Boy Wizard

Harry Potter Grows Up by Dana Quigley More on Harry Potter Take the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Movie Quiz Take the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Book vs.…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Mystery of Pain

by EmilyDickinsonThe Book of MartyrsXXThe Mystery of Pain The Mystery of Pain Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It…

chikungunya

(Encyclopedia) chikungunyachikungunyachĭkən-g&oomacr;nˈyä [key], viral disease transmitted by the bite of an infected female Aedes mosquito. Symptoms appear after an incubation period of four to…

salicylate

(Encyclopedia) salicylatesalicylatesəlĭsˈəlātˌ [key], any of a group of analgesics, or painkilling drugs, that are derivatives of salicylic acid. The best known is acetylsalicylic acid, or aspirin.…

burn

(Encyclopedia) burn, injury resulting from exposure to heat, electricity, radiation, or caustic chemicals. Three degrees of burn are commonly recognized. In first-degree burns the outer layer of skin…

prostatitis

(Encyclopedia) prostatitisprostatitisprŏsˌtətīˈtĭs [key], inflammation of the prostate gland. Acute prostatitis is usually a result of infection in the urinary tract or infection carried by the blood…

irritable bowel syndrome

(Encyclopedia) irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), condition characterized by constipation, diarrhea, or alternating constipation and diarrhea in the absence of any disease process. It is usually…

narcotic

(Encyclopedia) narcotic, any of a number of substances that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium, its constituents morphine and codeine, and the morphine…

Elijah PAINE, Congress, VT (1757-1842)

Senate Years of Service: 1795-1801 Party: Federalist PAINE Elijah , a Senator from Vermont; born in Brooklyn, Conn., January 21, 1757; attended the public schools; served in the Revolutionary…

Ephraim PAINE, Congress, NY (1730-1785)

PAINE, Ephraim, a Delegate from New York; was born in Canterbury, Conn., August 19, 1730; moved with his parents to Nine Partners, N.Y.; pursued preparatory studies; studied medicine and…