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Malaria: Prevention and Cure
Prevention and CureMalariaIntroductionA Nasty ParasiteFever and Ague: Malaria's SymptomsA Frustrating, Yet Curable, DiseasePrevention and Cure Malaria prevention needs to be approached from two…Brewer's: Cure de Meudon
—i.e. Rabelais, who was first a monk, then a leech, then prebend of St. Maur, and lastly curé of Meudon. (1483-1653.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Ague, Homer a cure for
It was an old superstition that if the fourth book of the Iliad was laid under the head of a patient suffering from quartan ague it would cure him at once. Sernus Sammoncus, preceptor of…Graham, Sylvester
(Encyclopedia) Graham, Sylvester, 1794–1851, American reformer and Presbyterian minister, b. West Suffield, Conn. He advocated a vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance and the use of coarsely…Vianney, Saint Jean-Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Vianney, Saint Jean-BaptisteVianney, Saint Jean-BaptistezhäN-bätēstˈ vyänāˈ [key], 1786–1859, French parish priest, popularly known as the Curé d'Ars, b. Dardilly, near Lyons. He came…MacEwen, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) MacEwen, Sir WilliamMacEwen, Sir Williamməky&oomacr;ˈən [key], 1848–1924, Scottish surgeon. A professor of surgery at the Univ. of Glasgow, he was noted for his work on bone…2011 Science News: Curing Disease Is Fun and Games
Gamers design new proteins that have disease-defying capabilities by Catherine McNiff Related Links Chemistry Primer HIV AIDS Timeline 2011…Doctrine of Signatures
(Encyclopedia) Doctrine of Signatures, the concept that the key to humanity's use of various plants was indicated by the form of the plant. The red sap of the bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), for…Fitz, Reginald Heber
(Encyclopedia) Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843–1913, American pathologist, b. Chelsea, Mass., M.D. Harvard, 1868. He studied under Virchow, and in 1870 he returned to Harvard, where he introduced Virchow'…abattoir
(Encyclopedia) abattoirabattoirăbˌətwärˈ [key] [Fr.], building for butchering. The abattoir houses facilities to slaughter animals; dress, cut and inspect meats; and refrigerate, cure, and…Trending
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