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Pogrom Plundering the Judengasse in a Jewish ghetto during the Fettmilch uprising. Frankfurt, 22 August 1614 Target Predominantly Jews Additionally other ethnic groups Part of a series on Antisemitism Part of Jewish history and discrimination History Timeline Reference Definitions IHRA definition Jerusalem Declaration Nexus Document Three Ds Geography Argentina Australia Austria Belarus ...
Washington understood the destructive nature of smallpox and other diseases such as malaria, diphtheria, and scarlet fever. He was one of the first to introduce the idea of compulsory health initiatives such as widespread inoculation. Washington also had experience with disease outside the realm of combat and war.
During the following months it wreaked havoc in Prussia, Switzerland, and northern Europe. [47] The last outbreak was in England in 1556. [48] The disease – which killed tens of thousands of people – was probably influenza [49] or a similar viral infection, [50] but records from the time when medicine was not a science can be unreliable. [51]
In some cases, disease was seen as a punishment for disregarding tribal traditions or disobeying tribal rituals. [35] Spiritual powers were called on to cure diseases through the practice of shamanism. [36] Most Native American tribes also used a wide variety of medicinal plants and other substances in the treatment of disease. [37]
Four people are dead as a storm system that has produced multiple tornadoes wreaked havoc on the South.. In Mississippi, Tykeria Rogers, 18, was killed in Adams County when a tree fell on her home ...
According to David Thompson's account, the first to hear of the disease were fur traders from the Hudson's House on October 15, 1781. [75] A week later, reports were made to William Walker and William Tomison, who were in charge of the Hudson and Cumberland Hudson's Bay Company posts. By February, the disease spread as far as the Basquia Tribe.
The Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada, more commonly referred to as the Krever Commission or Krever Inquiry, was a royal commission of inquiry into the tainted blood scandal, investigating how the Canadian Red Cross and the provincial and federal governments allowed contaminated blood into the healthcare system.
A new approach to a routine blood test could predict a person’s 30-year risk of heart disease, research published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine found.. Doctors have long ...