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- Allergy (18658 bytes)
1: ... known as [[allergen]]s. The word allergy derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''allos'' me...
4: ...e all [[hypersensitivities]] were thought to stem from the improper action of [[inflammatory]] [[immun...
16: ...allergic to [[house_dust_mite|dust mites]]. Apart from ambient allergens, allergic reactions can be du...
23: ...occur within 30 minutes. This response will range from slight reddening of the skin to full-blown [[hi...
39: ...bilitation is the removal of sources of allergens from the home environment, and avoiding environments... - Amulet (8206 bytes)
5: ...[[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''tilasm'', ultimately from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''telesma'') consists...
10: ... see people with more than one [[Buddha]] hanging from their necks; in [[Bolivia]] and some places in ...
18: ...drawings with [[kabbalah|cabbalistic]] signs), [[Afro-American]] syncretic religions, like [[Voodoo]],...
24: Deriving from the ancient [[Celts]], the [[clover]], if it ha...
31: ...urable to communicate with [[demon]]s and to show friendship towards them. - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
4: ... and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
10: ...hough the digestive process helps to release them from the matrix of the foods where they occur. Any u...
16: ...re hormonally and metabolically favourable than infrequent, haphazard food intake.
20: ... Early diets were primarily [[vegetarian]] with infrequent game meats and fish where available.
27: ...ard reluctantly agreed to a trial. Daniel and his friends received their diet for 10 days and were the... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
10: ...ter or match. One of the most common favors asked from a stranger is for a light; it is also done as a...
15: ...ury]], tobacco smoking was brought to Europe, and from there spread to the rest of the world.
17: ...rtrayed in advertising as part of a glamorous carefree lifestyle. This image continued to be prevalent...
37: ... he was usually seen to have a cigar clamped, was frequently remarked upon by the press and public.
39: ...ins. However, the practice of ingesting the smoke from a smoldering leaf generates an enormous number ... - Lung cancer (15648 bytes)
21: ...of the cancer may be fragile, leading to bleeding from the cancer into the airway. This blood may subs...
60: ... prevent. An estimated 80% of lung cancers result from smoking due to the hundreds of known carcinogen...
62: ...g|Passive smoking]]—the inhalation of smoke from another's smoking—has recently been ident...
91: ...s commonly used with curative intent, and smaller doses (20 Gy) may be used for symptom control where me...
94: [[Interventional radiology#Procedures|Radiofrequency ablation]] is increasing in popularity for... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
146: ...nto the [[20th century]], as a [[pesticide]] on [[fruit tree]]s (resulting in neurological damage to t...
148: ...y - of wood ash from CCA timber (the lethal human dose is approximately 20 grams of ash - roughly a tabl...
161: ...nic poisoning]] were somewhat ill-defined, it was frequently used for [[murder]] until the advent of t...
172: ...groundwater is of natural origin, and is released from the sediment into the groundwater due to the an...
176: ...e]][[sulfur|S]]As) is the most common [[mineral]] from which, on heating, the arsenic sublimes leaving... - Chromium (13677 bytes)
134: ...t pigment developed rapidly. A bright yellow made from crocoite became a very fashionable color.
138: ...the remainder used in the chemical industry and refractory and foundry industries.
140: ...or]], because of the many colorful compounds made from it.
146: ...chromite ore in the world is produced in [[South Africa]]. [[Kazakhstan]], [[India]] and [[Turkey]] a...
147: ...phically concentrated in Kazakhstan and southern Africa. - Iron (23778 bytes)
135: ...of iron in the various layers of the Earth ranges from high at the inner core to about 5% in the outer...
137: ...ed from iron ore, and is hardly ever found in the free (elemental) state. In order to obtain elementa...
146: ...icance is that of an intermediate step on the way from [[iron ore]] to [[cast iron]] and [[steel]].
154: ... northern and western European languages, derives from the [[Etruscan]] ''aisar'' which means "the god...
156: ... numbers of smelted iron objects (distinguishable from meteoric iron by the lack of nickel in the prod... - Molybdenum (10247 bytes)
175: ...ndustry. Molybdenum oranges are pigments, ranging from [[red]]-[[yellow]] to a bright red [[Orange (co...
178: ... until the late [[19th century]]. Subsequently, a French company, [[Schneider and Co]], tried molybden...
181: ...opper]] mining. Molybdenum is present in [[ore]]s from 0.01% to about 0.5%. About half of the world's ...
183: ... pure molybdenum in a [[pyroxene]] fragment taken from [[Mare Crisium]] on the [[Moon]].
192: ...emical industry, but to date, no instance of harm from this exposure has been reported. Though water-s... - Phosphorus (11557 bytes)
41: ...widely used in [[explosive material|explosive]]s, friction [[match]]es, [[firework]]s, [[pesticide]]s,...
49: ...ure]] of 1 atm at 170 ?C but burns from impact or frictional heating. A black phosphorus allotrope exi...
65: ...[Hennig Brand]] in [[1669]] through a preparation from [[urine]]. Working in [[Hamburg]], Brand attemp...
67: ..., suicides and accidental [[poison]]ings resulted from its use (An apocryphal tale tells of a woman at...
70: ...]] containing substances, phosphorus is not found free in nature but it is widely distributed in many ... - Plutonium (24623 bytes)
176: ...converting several nuclear power plants in the US from [[enriched uranium]] fuel to [[MOX fuel]] as a ...
178: ...re conducted without any kind of informed consent from the subjects of the experiment. The episode is ...
181: .../sup>Pu remain from the birth of the solar system from waste of supernovae, because its half-life (80 ...
188: ...cts). The Pu-239 can then be chemically separated from the rest of the material to give high-purity Pu...
190: ...m production, it is necessary to remove the U-238 frequently, before significant amounts of Pu-239 can... - Hedgehog (8006 bytes)
17: ...' found through parts of [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]], and [[New Zealand]]. There are no hedgehog...
19: ...ills of a [[porcupine]], cannot easily be removed from the animal.
25: ... lick and bite the source and then form a scented froth in its mouth and paste it on its quills with i...
39: ... European Hedgehog, and thus is sometimes called African Pygmy Hedgehog. Other species kept as pets ar...
47: ...A single hedgehog can keep an average garden pest free by eating up to 200 grams of insects each night... - Dog (69384 bytes)
17: ...uch as the [[Irish Wolfhound]]), and colors range from [[white]] to [[black]] with [[red]]s, [[gray]]s...
19: ...at they have earned the [[sobriquet]] "man's best friend".
23: ...usceptible to many of the metabolic ills stemming from overconsumption of such foods that civilization...
35: ... their rear legs are fairly rigid and sturdy; the front legs are loose and flexible, with only muscle ...
39: ...detect sounds as low as the 20 to 70 [[Hertz|Hz]] frequency range (compared to 16 to 20 Hz for humans)... - Tooth enamel (32458 bytes)
6: ...framework support and other mechanisms {{ref|cate_framework}}.
11: ... rod, the crystal?s orientation diverges slightly from long axis {{ref|ross_diverges}}.
13: ...one to fracture and usually is avoided {{ref|cate_fracture}}.
23: ... first layer is formed, the ameloblasts move away from the dentin, allowing for the development of Tom...
25: ... that the ameloblasts have changed their function from production as in the secretory stage to transpo... - Rhubarb (4414 bytes)
15: ...hubarb''' is a [[perennial]] [[plant]] that grows from thick short [[rhizome]]s, comprising the genus ...
19: ...completely during winter, and begin to grow again from the root in early spring. It can be ''forced'',...
21: ...e '''False Rhubarb'''. The drug rheum is prepared from the rhizomes and [[root]]s of another species, ...
27: ...leaves would have to be consumed to reach an LD50 dose. In the petioles, the amount of oxalic acid is mu... - Potato (22889 bytes)
21: ...y than "patata". Interestingly, [[French language|French]]-speakers call the potato ''pomme de terre''...
24: ...sts believe that the potato plant originally came from the [[Andes]]. [[Pre-Columbian]] societies of t...
26: ...the potato to England, but history suggests Sir [[Francis Drake]] as a more likely candidate. In [[158...
28: ...the 18th century the potato had become popular in France, due to the advocacy of [[Parmentier | Antoin...
30: ... have originally arrived in Ireland washed ashore from wrecked galleons of the [[Spanish Armada]] ([[1... - Tobacco (28162 bytes)
14: ... whose roots are unclear; it is thought to derive from the [[Native American]] word "tabago," for a Y-...
16: ...f of a cigar or three cigarettes; however, only a fraction of the nicotine contained in these products...
24: ...here it became hugely popular. At extremely high doses, Tobacco becomes [[hallucinogenic drug|hallucino...
26: ...e Americans]], and also soon led to the use of [[African slaves]] for cheap labor.
28: ... the colony's first black slaves as well as women from England in [[1619]]. - Rattlesnakes (5054 bytes)
19: ...o the claim that one can tell a rattlesnake's age from the number of rattles. There are about 30 spec...
25: ...primarily [[neurotoxin|neurotoxic]] venom. A bite from these snakes may not be very painful, but the v...
27: ...usual for a snake to try to deliver smaller venom doses repeatedly. No matter the circumstance, always a...
29: ...e noise - another reason not to rely on a warning from a rattlesnake. Even with a useful rattle, a rat...
33: ...te sites, or to use tourniquets, since the damage from this "treatment" may end up being worse than th... - Aspirin (9960 bytes)
1: [[Image:Aspirin.png|frame|A very old bottle of Aspirin]]
2: ...ood thinning) effect and is used in long-term low-doses to prevent [[heart attack]]s.
8: ...81 [[Milligram|mg]] dispersible [[tablet]]s. High doses of aspirin are also given immediately after an a...
10: ... undesirable side effects, especially in stronger doses, are [[gastrointestinal]] distress (including [[...
34: ...nd chills. The Reverend [[Edmund Stone]], a vicar from Chipping Norton in [[Oxfordshire]] [[England]],... - Rattlesnake (5290 bytes)
20: ...o the claim that one can tell a rattlesnake's age from the number of rattles. There are about 30 spec...
26: ...primarily [[neurotoxin|neurotoxic]] venom. A bite from these snakes may not be very painful, but the v...
28: ...usual for a snake to try to deliver smaller venom doses repeatedly. No matter the circumstance, always a...
30: ...e noise - another reason not to rely on a warning from a rattlesnake. Even with a useful rattle, a rat...
34: ...te sites, or to use tourniquets, since the damage from this "treatment" may end up being worse than th...
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