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Plague, Religion, and Medicine in Seventeenth-Century England

This post is part of the Monster Carnival 2022 – Why Early Modern History Matters Now. Lisa Olson is a librarian and recent graduate of the Master of Information program at Dalhousie University where she completed a thesis focussed on plague publications in seventeenth-century England. Find her on Twitter @Olson_Bochord.Lisa OlsonThree years since the start of the pandemic seems like an apposite time to see what lessons we can learn about the experience from a closer examination of early mode...

Glass ionomer cement

Glass ionomer cement (thing) See all of Glass ionomer cement, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by lignocaine (15.2 y) Rep: 15 ( +17 / -2 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Mon Mar 26 2001 at 7:59:01 A tooth-coloured material used in the restoration of teeth. GICs were first developed in the early 1970s by Wilson and Kent. It is the product of an acid-base reaction between basic fluoroaluminosilicate glass powder and polycarboxylic acid in the presence of water. fluoroaluminosili...

Calea Zacatechichi For Lucid Dreams: The Ultimate Dream Herb

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A Short History of Quarantine | NOVA

Connect With UsOur Sponsors Support Provided ByLearn MoreCollapseMenuSite NavigationWatchTopicsMilitary + EspionagePhysics + MathBody + BrainTech + EngineeringNatureEvolutionSpace + FlightAncient WorldsPlanet EarthSearchSearchscheduleEducationNewsletterAboutBody + BrainBody & BrainA Short History of Quarantine The practice of quarantine—the separation of the diseased from the healthy—has been around a long time. As early as the writing of the Old Testament, for instance, rules existed f...