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The Cypro-Minoan syllabary (CM), more commonly called the Cypro-Minoan Script, is an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus and at its trading partners during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age (c. 1550–1050 BC).
Fritz Heinrich Lewy (/ ˈ l ɛ v i /; January 28, 1885 – October 5, 1950), [1] known in his later years as Frederic Henry Lewey, was a German-born American neurologist.He is best known for the discovery of Lewy bodies, which are a characteristic indicator of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
Water wells discovered in western Cyprus are believed to be among the oldest in the world, dated at 9,000 to 10,500 years old. [9] Remains of an 8-month-old cat buried with a human body were discovered at Shillourokambos. [10]
Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet FRSE FRCPE FSA Scot (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870) was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine.He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in humans and helped to popularize its use in medicine.
They discovered that Neolithic Cypriots genetically clustered with Neolithic Anatolians. Two main clusters emerge: an “Eastern Mediterranean” Anatolian/Levantine cluster that also includes the geographically intermediate individuals from Cyprus, and an “inland” Zagros-Caucasus-Mesopotamia-Armenia-Azerbaijan cluster.
Michael Sendivogius (/ ˌ s ɛ n d ɪ ˈ v oʊ dʒ i ə s /; Polish: Michał Sędziwój; 2 February 1566 – 1636) was a Polish alchemist, philosopher, and physician.A pioneer of chemistry, he developed ways of purifying and creating various acids, metals, and other chemicals.
Murray Llewellyn Barr OC FRSC FRS [1] (June 20, 1908 – May 4, 1995) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher who discovered with graduate student Ewart George Bertram, in 1948, an important cell structure, the "Barr body".
Another nearby brewery had no deaths, but the men were given free beer to drink throughout their work day. [35] [33] There were outlier deaths that Snow decided to investigate. These were deaths that occurred outside of the typical pattern on his map. Snow discovered a woman and her niece, though they lived miles away from the pump, died of ...