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- 1421: Riley King
- ... was nine. When his mother died he lived alone, taking care of himself by working in cotton fields that were owned by the people who had employed his mother, this was the time of the Depression , and the period when he started learning the guitar. He worked as a disc jockey at the Memphis radio station WDIA in 1949, where he picked up the stage name "The Beale Street Blues Boy ...
- 1422: Rocky Marciano
- ... men's shoe capitol of the world - this meant starting at the bottom rung in a local shoe factory as a floor sweeper. In 1940, the New England shoe industry was in shambles. The "Great Depression" and competition from foreign imports had combined to produce mass unemployment and fierce union rivalries. At one point, over half of Brockton's factories had closed down, and President Franklin Roosevelt personally intervened to control ...
- 1423: Erikson's Psychosocial Theory of Development: Young Adults
- ... intervention is for the well being of the young adult. To maintain the autonomy and sense of achievement of the young adult the nurse should suggest positive alternatives as appropriate. Erikson describes the development of depression, anger and failure or delay of intimacy as a result of dysfunctional development. (Gething, 1995). As the nurse can assist with advice and positive encouragement, he or she must also accept the decision made by ...
- 1424: Ronald Reagan
- ... born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Early Life Reagan was raised by his traveling shoe salesman father John Reagan, and his mother Nelle. John was an alcoholic and was saved from the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration. Reagan was strongly influenced by his mother, who taught him to read at an early age. After High School, Ronald Reagan won a Scholarship to Eureka College in Peoria, Illinois ...
- 1425: Aspirin
- ... aspirin to children under the age of 12. An overdose of 200 to 500 mg/kg is in the fatal range. Early symptoms of overdose are vomiting, hypernea, hyperactivity, and convulsions. This progresses quickly to depression, coma, respiratory failure and collapse. In case of an overdose, intensive supportive therapy should be instituted immediately. Plasma salicylates levels should be measured in order to determine the severity of the poisoning and to provide ...
- 1426: Rosa Parks
- ... Alabama State College in 1933. After her marriage, Rosa Parks worked at several different jobs, as an insurance saleswoman and as a seamstress, doing alterrations either in a shop or in peoples homes. Through the Depression, both Parks and her husband were fortunate to be able to find regular work. Leaders in the black community planned the strategy to challenge parks arrest, because she sat in a white seat in a ...
- 1427: The Differences and Similarities of Pneumonia and Tuberculosis
- ... also suffer from psychological and social problems throughout the course of the disease. In extreme cases patients may be unable to participate in physical, recreational, or normal day activities which may cause social deprivation or depression. However most patients can expect to keep their jobs, stay with their families throughout the treatment and lead normal lives. In Joan's case she was hospitalized so had become socially deprived and was becoming ...
- 1428: Tim Leary
- ... received psychotherapy got better, one third got worse and one third stayed the same, meaning psychotherapy wasn't really working. His personal life, unfortunately, took a turn for the worse. Marianne suffered from post partum depression after she had Susan and both her and Tim started to drink and fight regularly. On Tim's 35th birthday he awoke to find Marianne in a closed garage with the car running. She was ...
- 1429: Barbituates
- ... new drug, barbitol. What they were looking for was a drug that would combat the effects of anxiety and nervousness. They were successful but the side effects were too great. Barbiturates are drugs that cause depression of the central nervous system and are generally used to induce europhia. D.C. Heaths Perspectives on HEALTH defines europhia as a feeling of intense happiness and well being. Most users take the pills ...
- 1430: Sleeping Disorders
- ... Sleep Eating The causes of sleep-related eating are many. Most of them arise from a background of more conventional sleepwalking. In some cases, the sleep-related eating was brought on by medications prescribed for depression or insomnia. It may be a display of other sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea or periodic limb movements. The "sleep-related eating disorder" has only recently been described. Common concerns about this disorder ...
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