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Find key developments in the field of medicine, from the birth of Hippocrates to today. 460 BCE Birth of Hippocrates, Greek physician and founder of the first university. Considered the father…Epidemics of the Past: Bubonic Plague
Bubonic PlagueEpidemics of the PastSmallpox: 12,000 Years of TerrorBubonic PlagueInfluenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Ring around the rosy, A pocket full of posies, Ashes … ashes, We all…Wichita, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) WichitaWichitawĭchˈĭtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…Andrew KENNEDY, Congress, IN (1810-1847)
KENNEDY Andrew , a Representative from Indiana; born in Dayton, Ohio, July 24, 1810; moved with his parents to a farm on the Indian reserve near Lafayette, Ind.; soon afterward moved to…communicable diseases
(Encyclopedia) communicable diseases, illnesses caused by microorganisms and transmitted from an infected person or animal to another person or animal. Some diseases are passed on by direct or…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: November 12, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 11, 1804November 13, 1804November 12, 1804 12th November Monday 1804 a verry Cold night early this morning the Big White princapal…2005 Intel Science Talent Search Winners
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, David Lawrence Vigliarolo Bauer, 17, Hunter College High School, Bronx, N.Y., for developing a sensor for rapidly detecting…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 12, 1804
Day 405 Day 407 Clark, November 12, 1804 12th November Monday 1804 a verry Cold night early this morning the Big White princapal Chief of the lower Village of the Mandans Came Down, he…Cree
(Encyclopedia) Cree, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly inhabited the…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…