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Louisa May Alcott Younger Sister
616 wordsLouisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, PA, on Nov. 29, 1832, and she was the second daughter of Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott. She had an older sister Anna and two younger sisters Elizabeth and May. The family moved to Boston, MA in 1834, where her father set up an experimental school that failed because of the lack of students. Since the Alcott's were relatively poor, Ralph Waldo Emerson financially supported them while they moved to Concord, MA. Amos and Abigail were both progressive ...
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Sao Paulo Raw Sewage
735 wordsWater is polluted when any harmful substance is released into the water thus contaminating or making it unsuitable for marine life to survive. 3) Pesticides 7) Litter Take a look at a picture of a polluted river in Sao Caetano do Sul in Sao Paulo, Brazil. -- -- Factory waste is made out of a wide range of of impurities including poisonous substances such as memory, cyanide and lead; and corrosive, acidic or alkaline solutions. Toxic wastes when discharged into rivers and seas pollutes and poison...
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Preventive Measures Tap Water
893 wordsIntroduction: Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection of the intestinal tract and occasionally the bloodstream, and is from the Salmonella species. Risk of infection is greatest for travellers to developing countries who will have prolonged exposure to potentially contaminated food and beverages. Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection of the intestinal tract and occasionally the bloodstream. Symptoms: Fever as high as 103 to 104 F (39 to 40 C). , Severe headache, Insomnia, Nose bleeding, Either d...
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Joan Of Arc Henry Viii
1,214 wordsThe authors of Disease & History point out that disease has been a crucial determinant that marks history. Frederick F. Cartwright, Department of the History of Medicine, and Dr. Michael Biddiss, Director of Studies in History at Downing College Cambridge, collaborated together to write this book. With Dr. Biddiss extensive knowledge of history as a professional historian and with Cartwright's studies of the history of medicine they have written a book about the effects diseases have on hist...
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Civil War Nurse Civil War Nursing Nurses
604 wordsCivil War Nursing Over 5000 volunteer nurses north and south served in military hospitals during the Civil War. Nurses were of all sorts and came from all over. Women wanted to be involved in this national struggle in any way they could. They did not want to stay home and play their traditional domestic roles that social convention and minimal career opportunities had confined the majority of their sex to. Many women thought of nursing as an extension of their home duties, almost like taking car...
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Act Was Passed Cities And Towns
2,367 wordsDuring the Victorian Era there were massive waves of contagious disease. The first was from 1831 to 1833, which included two influenza epidemics and the initial appearance of cholera. The second was from 1836 to 1842, which encompassed major epidemics of influenza, typhus, typhoid and cholera. The first outbreak of Asiatic cholera in Britain was at Sunderland on the Durham coast during the autumn of 1831. From there the disease made its way northward into Scotland and southward toward London. Fr...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hands And Feet
1,860 wordsFor the past two hundred years, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death has been shrouded in mystery. Some say his great rival, Antonio Salieri, or the Freemasons murdered him. Others say he was simply exhausted. And some believe he died from sickness. It has been established that Mozart suffered from various illnesses, which no doubt contributed to his death. But some researchers have concluded that physical and mental exhaustion greatly affected Mozart, and contributed to his early death. These resear...
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