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Bede, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Bede, SaintBede, Saintbēd [key], or BaedaBaedabēˈdə [key] (St. Bede the Venerable), 673?–735, English historian and Benedictine monk, Doctor of the Church, also called the Venerable…

DK Science: Medicine

PENICILLIN HEALTH EDUCATION PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT FIND OUT MORE Medicine is the practice of dealing with diseases and injuries to the body. One of its most important…

Thomas Aquinas, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Thomas Aquinas, SaintThomas Aquinas, Saintəkwīˈnəs [key] [Lat.,=from Aquino], 1225–74, Italian philosopher and theologian, Doctor of the Church, known as the Angelic Doctor, b. Rocca…

DK Society & Beliefs: Human Rights

DOES EVERYONE AGREE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS? WHAT IS SOVEREIGNTY? CAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BE PUNISHED? HUMANITARIANISMFIND OUT MOREThe laws that establish a balance between the powers of a state and…

Tuberculosis: TB Is a Global Peril

TB Is a Global PerilTuberculosisIntroductionTuberculosis: Airborne NightmareTreating TBTB Is a Global Peril Potent Fact One third of the population of the world is infected with TB. The vast…

Berger, John Peter

(Encyclopedia) Berger, John PeterBerger, John Peterbûrˈjər [key], 1926–2017, British art critic, cultural historian, and writer, b. London. Berger, who began his career as a painter, is best known…

Deborah Samson

war heroineBorn: 1760Birthplace: Plympton, Massachusetts The oldest of at least seven children, Samson learned responsibility at an early age. Her father abandoned the family when she was five. A…

The Human Body

Encyclopedia: Human Body A Peek Inside Inside and Out Quiz Cells, Tissue, Organs Your Body's Systems The Five Senses Q&A about the Body Body Trivia The Brain: More Than Just a Thinker…

Linacre, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Linacre or Lynaker, ThomasLinacre or Lynaker, Thomasboth: lĭˈnəkər [key], 1460?–1524, English humanist and physician. He took the degree of doctor of medicine at the Univ. of Padua,…