May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
The Lyme Disease Foundation (LDF) is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to finding solutions for tick-borne disorders.
Realizing the ability to find solutions involves a multi-discipline effort, the LDF includes the four cornerstones of progress (businesses,
patients, government, and the medical community) to work together to find solutions to tick-borne disorders.
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LifeScience Moment: Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC admitted its first patient
On May 1, 1909, Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC admitted its first patient.
Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC admitted its first patient. The Commander of the Army General Hospital, Major William C. Borden
had lobbied for several years for a new hospital to replace the aged one at Washington Barracks, now Ft. McNair.
In 1902, Major Reed died from peritonitis following an appendectomy performed by his friend, Major Borden. Following Reed’s death,
Borden became dedicated to completing the new hospital and was instrumental in naming the new hospital after Major Reed who confirmed the
theory that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitos.
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It is a Small World
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Plant Stem
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Science Quote
"Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he's going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional."
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Charles Franklin Kettering, U. S. engineer
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(1876-1958)
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