Smallpox was probably the single most lethal disease in eighteenth-century Britain but was reduced to a minor cause of death by the mid-nineteenth century due to vaccination programmes post-1798.While the success of vaccination is unquestionable, it remains disputed to what extent the prophylactic precursor of vaccination, inoculation, reduced smallpox mortality in the eighteenth century. Small...

The prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infections was assessed among college students in district Gujranwala of Punjab province as there is insufficient published literature on this subject. HBsAg and AntiHCV screening were done in students aged between 16 to 21 years of both sexes in various colleges of district Gujranwala who presented themselves as voluntary blood donors. A total of 2...

OBJECTIVE To document the injury rate in three British Shotokan karate championships in consecutive years. In these tournaments strict rules governed contact, with only "light" or "touch" contact allowed. Protective padding for the head, hands, or feet was prohibited. METHODS Prospective recording of injuries resulting from 1770 bouts in three national competitions of 1996, 1997, and 1998. De...

The Industrial Revolution seemingly involved two profound changes separated by 120 years: the classic Industrial Revolution of 1770, and the demographic transition of 1890. The first was the appearance of higher innovation rates, creating modern rates of output growth. The second a decline in fertility, first in the upper classes, then among the masses, that channeled all economic growth into h...

Teodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843) je ena najvidnejših vojaških osebnosti iz časa grške revolucije (1821–1830). Rojen bil v Meseniji na Peloponezu, živel pa Zakintosu, Peloponezu in Atenah. Deloval kot kleft armatol član Prijateljskega društva (Φιλική Εταιρεία), katerega cilj bila organizacija izvedba vstaje. Bil eden izmed podpornikov vlade prvega grškega predsednika Joannisa Kapodistriasa, ki ...