BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE
February 11, 1994 - Monsanto Company, U.S.A.
The rBGH genetically engineered growth hormone for cows goes on sale to dairy farmers under the name Posilac, made by Monsanto Company. Also known as "Bovine Somatotropin" or BST, it is a genetically engineered copy of a naturally occurring hormone produced in the pituitary gland of cattle and is a major regulator of milk production. This is the first time altered genes have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for injection into live animals. The purpose is to improve a cow's production of milk as much as 5 to 15 pounds per day per cow. The approval process took nine years. Nevertheless, the rBGH has drawn criticism from people concerned about food purity.
FIRST U.S. HOSPITAL
February 11, 1752 - Pennsylvania, USA
The Pennsylvania Hospital, the first in America, opened in Philadelphia through the indefatigible efforts of Benjamin Franklin, who was involved in drafting the petition for its establishment and fund-raising. It was established on 11 May 1751, when the colonial governor of Pennsylvania approved its charter as a proposed hospital to include treatment of people with mental illness. The first patient was received on 11 Feb 1752, at the hospital's temporary quarters in the Judge Kinsey mansion on Market St. The Pine Street Hospital opened 17 Dec 1756, and accepted both mentally ill and general medical patients. Inmates were provided with light manual labor such as spinning and carding wool for recreational therapy activities.
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Friendship poems happen to be just the best medium of expressing eternal friendship to that special friend. You can let all the love and affection you possess flow out, right onto the paper lying in front of you, through a sweet little friendship.
Hi, I'm Patrick Winstanley, a living (as in alive) English poet who believes that poetry should a fun activity enjoyed with family and friends, rather than a form of torture inflicted on children b...
Welcome to an exciting new collection of love poems by contemporary English writers. The collection interweaves love poetry of all types - the comic and the tragic, the romantic and the platonic, t...
Love poems are the best means of expressing love to someone. They happen to be a kind of blessing to all the lovelorn young (and not necessarily young) men and women, for there exists a no more creative nor romantic way of showing someone.
Funny poems are a wonderful means of relieving stress. Reading and writing funny poems based on various concepts and events are quite an enjoyable task, actually. You can make a serious occurrence seem quite light and flippant.
Writing sad Love Poems is the best way of reducing the pain and letting it flow onto paper instead. You can pour your heart out ? all your troubles, miseries, secrets, love, hatred ? everything.
Writing sad Love Poems is the best way of reducing the pain and letting it flow onto paper instead. You can pour your heart out ? all your troubles, miseries, secrets, love, hatred ? everything.
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Friendship poems happen to be just the best medium of expressing eternal friendship to that special friend. You can let all the love and affection you possess flow out, right onto the paper lying in front of you, through a sweet little friendship.