In 1924, the problem that had limited the effectiveness of quinine during the Great War was addressed when the German pharmacologist Wilhelm Roehl, working with Bayer chemist Fritz Schönhöfer, distilled the quinine derivative Plasmoquin, which was far more effective against malaria than quinine....
In the 1750s the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷). He in fact discovered eight more chemical elements including chlorine (氯), though he didn’t get any praise for them. He was a very clever scientist, but his one failing was ...
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist. Despite his modest upbringing, Louis Pasteur … 1 2 3 What's New Louis Pasteur Activity Book and Video for Kids This section provides information about Louis Pasteur for kids. The life of Louis Pasteur is one that kids will find interestin...
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Aboriginal Elders in Perth are working with mainstream mental health service leaders to improve mental health services for their community. The Looking Forward research project has enabled mental health service providers in Perth and Nyoongar Elders to be active partners in a steady and sustained enga...
In his well-known "Two Cultures" essay of 1959, the English novelist and chemist C.P. Snow argued that it is the separation of these cultures—sciences, and what he called the humanities—that is the major obsta- cle to solving the world's problems. Snow thought this gap would be ...
Homeopathy is a system of medicine developed more than 200 years ago by German chemist Samuel Hahnemann. It is a form of “holistic” medicine, in that it takes into account the “whole” organism—its physical, mental, emotional, historical, and environmental conditions. Homeopathy relies on ...
Macfadden also established numerous “healthatoriums” across the East and Midwest, including (in 1931) his latest venture, the Physical Culture Hotel near Dansville, New York.E.B. Whiteexplained, in his “Notes and Comment”… MCFADDEN SHOWS OFF HIS BOD in 1910 (left) at age 42, and at...
Sites included retail (e.g. Boots the Chemist who cleared shelf space to make space for the kiosk), bars, social security offices, further education, as well as health service sites. Later studies (1996) had similarly high acceptance rates [117].It seems likely that acceptance rates for ...