To load and fire a 32 pounder. Watch the full program this sunday at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, 10 00 p. M. Pacific here on American History tv. From the very beginning, the human race has had to contend with problems of survival, disease, and death. Through the ages, entire populations were decimated and became extinct, leaving behind only scant remnants of their cultures. Its difficult to establish at what point in history medicine appeared, but we have some record of diseases being treated in various parts of the world as far back as 2000 years b. C. Throughout the centuries, navigation was developed with movement of people around the planet, pandemics of yellow fever and cholera began to spread. Nations began to realize there was a need to fight these diseases together. In 1851, the First International Health Conference was held in paris. In 1919, a new strain of influenza struck more victims in than had been killed in the first world war. The league of nations did consider health, but it
Roosevelts advice column, written for more than 20 years for ladies home journal and mccalls magazine. Held at the Franklin Roosevelt library and museum, this is one hour. Mr. Sparrow hello, good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the wallace center, here at the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and museum, and happy birthday, Eleanor Roosevelt. [applause] it is one of the things we are so lucky to have eleanors papers here along with papers of Franklin Roosevelt and his administration. If you go over and look at the building, the two wings of the library are actually the Eleanor Roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. Even after the Library First opened, fdr started sketching what ended up being the structure here to incorporate eleanors papers. He was telling her, we need to have your papers at the library. When his archivist said, do you think she will give them to you, and fdr said, you can never tell what my missus is going to do. Which i think is a true statement about Elean