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Doctors of the Church
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Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting Definition Nausea is the sensation of being about to vomit. Vomiting, or emesis, is the expelling from the stomach of undigested food through the mouth. Description Nausea is a reaction to a number of causes that include overeating, infection, or... Read more |
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Fathers of the Church
Fathers of the Church collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and including St. Gregory I (St. Gregory the Great) in the West and St. John of Damascus in the East (see ... Read more |
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doctor
doctor originally (in Middle English) a person skilled in, and therefore entitled to teach or speak authoritatively on, any branch of knowledge, a learned person; the word comes via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’, from docere ‘teach’.From this developed the... Read more |
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Wendy Mass
Mass, Wendy 1967-PersonalBorn 1967, in Livingston, NJ; daughter of Norman (a lawyer) and Linda (a psychotherapist); married; husband's name Michael; children: twins. Education: Tufts University, B.A. (English); California State University at Long Beach, M.A. (English); Drew University, doctor of... Read more |
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Roman Herzog
Roman Herzog Roman Herzog (born 1934) was a politician and, beginning in 1987, president of the German Federal Constitutional Court. He was elected president of Germany in 1994 as the candidate of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union. Roman Herzog was born on April 5,... Read more |
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May Edward Chinn
May Edward Chinn Mary Edward Chinn (1896-1890) is best remembered for the racial barriers she confronted as one of the first black women physicians in New York City. May Edward Chinn is best remembered for the racial barriers she confronted as one of the first black women physicians in New... Read more |
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander A trailblazing African American who dedicated much of her life to civil rights causes, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989) was the first black American to earn a doctorate in economics and the first black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania... Read more |
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general practitioner
general practitioner (GP) (prak-tish-ŏn-er) n. a doctor who is the main agent of primary care, through whom patients make first contact with health services for a new episode of illness or fresh developments of chronic diseases. Advice and treatment are provided for those who do not require... Read more |
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Alfred University
Alfred University at Alfred, N.Y.; state and private support; coeducational; opened as a school 1836, chartered 1857 as Alfred Univ. It is especially known for the College of Ceramics, which is among the few institutions in the United States offering a doctoral program in ceramics. The college is... Read more |
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Roman ruins cast new light on a trip to doctor.(Medianote)(Brief article)
...archaeologists have unearthed an ancient doctor's surgery, which has cast new light on what a trip to the doctor would have been like in Roman times. One of the most unexpected...were the most common ... |
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Roman ruins cast new light on a trip to doctor.
Roman ruins cast new light on a trip to doctor London, Dec 9 (PTI...wondered what a trip to the doctor would have been like...archaeologists in Italy show that ... |