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Who was...Paget?

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James Paget was an innovative surgeon who was responsible for identifying trichomonas infection in humans. Paget's disease, or osteitis deformans, is a softening and thickening of the bone caused by a generalised disorder. He is also linked with other disorders such as necrosis of the bone and carcinoma of the breast. Paget, born in 1814, was President of the Royal College of Surgeons and was also highly respected as a lecturer. Paget was made a baronet by the Queen in 1877 and died in 1899.

Author: Tollis, David
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
Paget, James

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Remembering the National

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Emy Lou Raines, who ran the hotel where dog owners competing in the National Bird Dog Championships stayed over the years, discusses some of her experiences. Now in her eighties, she recalls what she fed the men and what they were like.

Author: Tarrant, Bill
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Field & Stream (West ed.)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 8755-8610
Year: 1997
History, Interview, Hotelkeepers, Grand Junction, Tennessee, Raines, Emy Lou

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Calling it quits

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Smokers can quit smoking by joining a cessation program. Programs should be chosen based on time constraints, costs and their ability to address the psychosocial and physical aspects of smoking.

Author: Tam, Jennifer
Publisher: Maclean Hunter Canadian Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Chatelaine
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0009-1995
Year: 1996
Management, Smoking cessation programs, Smoking cessation, Tobacco habit

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