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  • Louis Pasteur "There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events."

    12/12/2019 8:39:59 AM PST · by Perseverando · 13 replies
    American Minute ^ | September 28, 2019 | Bill Federer
    Washing hands to prevent the spread of disease was recommended in 1844 to the doctors of the Vienna General Hospital by Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis. Semmelweis had noticed that doctors would go straight from doing autopsies on those who died of puerperal fever to delivering babies and soon after the mothers would die of puerperal fever. Nearly 25 percent of all mothers giving birth in hospital maternity wards died of puerperal fever, with epidemics sometimes reaching 100 percent. Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was ridiculed so much for his "hand-washing" suggestion that he was forced to leave Vienna and eventually died in...
  • Quran burning update: Rev.: "We are a little back to square one, burning suspended, not canceled"

    09/09/2010 5:28:36 PM PDT · by library user · 24 replies
    Just this so far: Quran burning update by Rev.Terry Jones: We are a little back to square one, burning suspended, not canceled
  • Democrats seek to repeal US vaccine liability law

    02/16/2006 10:51:50 AM PST · by VoodooEconomics · 17 replies · 555+ views
    Reuters ^ | Thu Feb 16, 8:12 AM ET | Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation that would repeal a law that gives vaccine, drug and medical device makers broad protection against lawsuits in a public health or bioterror emergency. Democrats generally agree there should be some legal protections for certain vaccines but say the Republican version defined health emergency too broadly and did not compensate people who were injured. The liability provision, strongly favored by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, was added to a defense bill enacted in December. Democrats would have an uphill struggle trying to repeal it.