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hygiene

(Encyclopedia) hygiene, science of preserving and promoting the health of both the individual and the community. It has many aspects: personal hygiene (proper living habits, cleanliness of body and…

Appert, Nicolas

(Encyclopedia) Appert, NicolasAppert, Nicolasnēkôläˈ äpârˈ [key], also known as François AppertFrançois AppertfräNswäˈ [key], 1750–1841, French originator of a method of canning. In 1795 the French…

Lycurgus, one of the Ten Attic Orators

(Encyclopedia) Lycurgus, c.396–c.325 b.c., one of the Ten Attic Orators of the Alexandrian canon; pupil of Isocrates. A capable and honored public official, he administered the state finances from…

Nebraska, University of

(Encyclopedia) Nebraska, University of, main campus at Lincoln; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1869, opened 1871, reorganized 1968. The university has an excellent…

Philippines, University of the

(Encyclopedia) Philippines, University of the, main campus at Quezon City, the Philippines; English language; founded 1908. Among its many schools and colleges are those of agriculture, forestry,…

National Preserves

Name and location Total acreageAniakchak (Alaska) 465,603.00Bering Land Bridge (Alaska) 2,697,393.11Big Cypress (Fla.) 720,565.67Big Thicket (Tex.) 97,168.03Craters of the Moon (Idaho)410,000…

Brewer's: Preserver

[Soter]. Ptolemy I. of Egypt was called Soter by the Rhodians, because he compelled Demetrios to raise the siege of Rhodes. (B.C. 367, 323-285.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…

Texas, University of

(Encyclopedia) Texas, University of, main campus at Austin; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1881, opened 1883. Medical facilities include health science centers with medical schools at…

anointing of the sick

(Encyclopedia) anointing of the sick, sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as extreme unction. In it a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears…