filth disease — noun : a disease due to pollution of the soil or water or to insanitary and filthy surroundings and habits * * * filth disease, a disease resulting from uncleanliness or from unsanitary conditions … Useful english dictionary
Filth — (f[i^]lth), n. [OE. filthe, ful[eth]e, AS. f[=y]l[eth], fr. f[=u]l foul; akin to OHG. f[=u]lida. See {Foul}, and cf. {File}.] 1. Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that sullies or defiles the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yellow fever — Pathol. an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, esp. Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice. Also called yellow jack. [1730 40] * * * Acute… … Universalium
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA — HADASSAH, THE WOMEN S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, largest Zionist, Jewish, and women s organization in the United States, with 300,000 members. Hadassah first sent public health nurses to Palestine in 1912 and in the decades following played … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Prison ship — The forbidding form of the beached convict ship HMS Discovery at Deptford. Launched as a 10 gun sloop at Rotherhithe in 1789, the ship served as a convict hulk from 1818 until scrapped in February 1834.[1] … Wikipedia
Aztec mythology — The Aztec civilization recognized a polytheistic mythology, which contained the many gods (over 100) and supernatural creatures from their religious beliefs. History Aztec culture is generally grouped with the cultural complex known as the Nahua… … Wikipedia
How the Other Half Lives — [ Jacob Riis, New York, 1888 ] How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It… … Wikipedia
Escherichia coli O157:H7 — Topographical images of colonies of E. coli O157:H7 strains (A) 43895OW (curli non producing) and (B) 43895OR (curli producing) grown on agar for 48 h at 28°C. Escherichia coli O157:H7 … Wikipedia
David S. Barnes — is an Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science and Director of the Health and Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a historian specializing in public health issues of Third Republic France. He argues that the… … Wikipedia
Five Points, Manhattan — Five Points intersection painted by George Catlin in 1827; the triangular building in the center is located on what would be known as Paradise Square , Anthony Street veers off on right, Cross Street on the left and Orange Street runs left to… … Wikipedia
