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Mudd, Samuel Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833–83, Maryland physician and Confederate sympathizer who on April 15, 1865, set the broken left leg of Lincoln's fleeing assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Mudd…Jones, Mary Harris
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Mary Harris, 1830–1930, American labor agitator, called Mother Jones, b. Ireland. Interested in the labor movement for many years, she became active in it after the death of her…Koprowski, Hilary
(Encyclopedia) Koprowski, Hilary, 1916–2013, Polish-American microbiologist and immunologist, b. Warsaw, M.D. Univ. of Warsaw, 1939. He fled Poland after the Nazi invasion (1939), making his way to…hemorrhagic fever
(Encyclopedia) hemorrhagic feverhemorrhagic feverhĕmˌərăjˈĭk [key], any of a group of viral diseases characterized by sudden onset, muscle and joint pain, fever, bleeding, and shock from loss of…Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel
(Encyclopedia) Leclerc, Charles Victor EmmanuelLeclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuelshärl vēktôrˈ ĕmänüĕlˈ ləklĕrˈ [key], 1772–1802, French general. He served under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian…Dessalines, Jean Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Dessalines, Jean JacquesDessalines, Jean JacqueszhäN zhäk dĕsälēnˈ [key], c.1758–1806, emperor of Haiti (1804–6), born a slave. A shrewd general, he served under Toussaint Louverture…Paraíba, state, Brazil
(Encyclopedia) ParaíbaParaíbapərīēˈbə [key], state (1991 pop. 3,201,114), 21,765 sq mi (56,371 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is João Pessoa. The state extends inland from the…Major U.S. Epidemics
Here's a list of the major outbreaks in U.S history Major disease outbreaks have shaped a lot of world history. When the Black Death pandemic swept through Europe and Asia, it fundamentally changed…Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases: Introduction
IntroductionMosquito and Tick-Borne DiseasesIntroductionYellow FeverDengueWest Nile EncephalitisRocky Mountain Spotted FeverLyme DiseaseMosquitoes serve as vectors, or carriers, of the malaria…Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases: Dengue
DengueMosquito and Tick-Borne DiseasesIntroductionYellow FeverDengueWest Nile EncephalitisRocky Mountain Spotted FeverLyme Disease Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS)…Trending
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