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Back to Sleep: The Campaign against SIDS

by Elaine Rho Related Links U.S. Public Health ServiceAmerican Academy of PediatricsAssociation of SIDS and Infant Mortality ProgramsSIDS AllianceNational Institute of Child Health and Human…

Moses

(Encyclopedia) MosesMosesmōˈzĭs [key], Hebrew lawgiver, probably b. Egypt. The prototype of the prophets, he led his people in the 13th cent. b.c. out of bondage in Egypt to the edge of Canaan. The…

The Numbers

Numbers of triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet and other higher order multiple births: United States 1989-94 Year Triplets Quadruplets Quintuplets and other higher order multiples Triplets as…

Poems: A Song

by WilliamBlakeLaughing SongDivine ImageA Song Sweet dreams, form a shade O'er my lovely infant's head! Sweet dreams of pleasant streams By happy, silent, moony beams! Sweet…

Poems: On Another's Sorrow

by WilliamBlakeA DreamOn Another's Sorrow Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear,…

Nadir Shah

(Encyclopedia) Nadir Shah or Nader ShahNader Shahboth: näˈdēr shä [key], 1688–1747, shah of Iran (1736–47), sometimes considered the last of the great Asian conquerors. He was a member of the Afshar…

Henry III, Holy Roman emperor and German king

(Encyclopedia) Henry III, 1017–56, Holy Roman emperor (1046–56) and German king (1039–56), son and successor of Conrad II. He was crowned joint king with his father in 1028, and acceded on Conrad's…

Rh factor

(Encyclopedia) Rh factor, protein substance present in the red blood cells of most people, capable of inducing intense antigenic reactions. The Rh, or rhesus, factor was discovered in 1940 by K.…

cerebral palsy

(Encyclopedia) cerebral palsycerebral palsysərēˈbrəl pôlˈzē [key], disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control…