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  Hugh Edwin Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hugh Edwin Smith was the third child of Hugh Argus Smith and Dessie Lee Gammill Smith.
Smith was enlisted in the U.S. Army in the spring of 1967 and received his basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Smith and the 3rd Battalion were engaged in nearly constant hostile action against the 2nd North Vietnamese Regular Army Division during July and August, 1967.
www.wpnet.org /veterans/smith.html   (312 words)

  
 Bryan Edwin Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bryan Edwin Smith, 43, had not been seen or heard from for about three days when police were summoned to his mobile home Friday evening, at the request of Smith's brother.
Smith pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor driving-to-endanger charge in a plea deal that included a six-month suspended jail sentence and a driver's license suspension.
State records showed Smith was convicted of driving to endanger and failing to stop upon the signal of a police officer in 1998.
members.aol.com /deathpool/obits00/smithbry.html   (213 words)

  
 Edwin Smith - photographer, painter & architect
No one could better describe Edwin, his life and work than Olive and so I have reproduced here the introductory essay she prepared for a touring exhibition called 'Record and Revelation' organized by Impressions Gallery, York, in 1983.
Although Edwin was a gifted printer, I sometimes felt that some of the prints he left were not those that he would consider 'finished'.
ollowing Olive's death, the Edwin Smith archive was bequeathed to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) where it resides today and to whom copyright on all his photographs now belongs.
homepage.ntlworld.com /roy.hammans/es/es01.html   (733 words)

  
 "The Edwin Smith Papyrus" by Edward Willett
It’s not that it’s a new discovery: it was purchased by Connecticut-born Egyptologist Edwin Smith in Luxor, Egypt, in 1862.
In the Edwin Smith papyrus, cases are classified as favorable, uncertain, or "an ailment not to be treated." The latter concept is not found in any other Egyptian medical document.
The Edwin Smith papyrus also contains the first descriptions of the cranial sutures (those squiggly cracks in a skull where the various plates of bone join together), the meninges (the lining of the brain), the surface of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, surgical stitching, and various types of dressings.
www.edwardwillett.com /Columns/edwinsmithpapyrus.htm   (827 words)

  
 EDWIN SANDERS SMITH
Farquhard Smith married Sallie Slocomb, whose grandmother was the famous Polly Slocomb of Bladen County, wife of the Revolutionary soldier Ezekiel Slocomb.
Farquhard Smith, father of Edwin Sanders Smith, was born in 1839 and was one of seven brothers who served in the Confederate army during the war.
Edwin Sanders Smith, son of these worthy parents, was born in Johnston County in October, 1873, but was reared in Harnett County.
www.harnett.org /library/smithes.htm   (619 words)

  
 Edwin Smith papyrus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Edwin Smith papyrus shows that the heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys, ureters and bladder were recognized, and that the blood-vessels were known to come from the heart.
Edwin Smith was born in 1822, the year that Egyptian hieroglyphs were first deciphered.
In 1938 the Smith papyrus was sent to the Brooklyn Museum, and in 1948 transferred to The New York Academy of Medicine where it remains.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwin_Smith_papyrus   (514 words)

  
 The University of Texas System - OGC Edwin Smith Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Smith has a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Architectural Studies from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Baylor School of Law where he was associate editor of the Baylor Law Review.
Smith was a partner in the Austin law firm of Roller and Allensworth, L.L.P. He has also served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Texas Attorney General's Office and was managing partner of an Austin architectural firm.
Smith is a member of the ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry and the Construction Law Section of the Texas State Bar.
www.utsystem.edu /ogc/bios/smith.htm   (196 words)

  
 Ancient Egyptian Medicine - Smith Papyrus - Ebers Papyrus
The Papyrus of Edwin Smith deals extensively with bruises of the vertebra, dislocation of the jaws, various fractures (of the clavicle, humerus, ribs, nose and cranium.
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus is, without a doubt, one if the most important documents pertaining to medicine in the ancient Nile Valley.
The Edwin Smith papyrus is second in length only to the Ebers papyrus, comprising seventeen pages (377 lines) on the recto and five pages (92 lines) on the verso.
www.crystalinks.com /egyptmedicine.html   (3607 words)

  
 Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, dating from the seventeenth century B.C., is one of the oldest of all known medical papyri.
According to Breasted, the Edwin Smith Papyrus is a copy of an ancient composite manuscript which contained, in addition to the original author's text (3000-2500 B.C.), a commentary added a few hundred years later in the form of 69 explanatory notes (glosses).
Of the 48 cases described in the Edwin Smith Papyrus, 27 concern head trauma and 6 deal with spine trauma.3 Of the 27 head injuries, 4 are deep scalp wounds exposing the skull, and 11 are skull fractures.
www.neurosurgery.org /cybermuseum/pre20th/epapyrus.html   (2601 words)

  
 Edwin Smith, 1914
Edwin Smith was a highly respected resident of Forestville and his demise was sincerely mourned by his many friends.
Smith of this review was reared by his grandparents until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he enlisted in the Sixth Iowa Cavalry and served in the Union army for over three years.
Smith married on the 29th of August, 1867, Miss.Mary K. Gilbert, who was born in Boone county, Illinois, but came with her parents to Iowa when but seven years old.
iagenweb.org /delaware/bios/1914/Smith_Edwin-1914.htm   (345 words)

  
 SUNY Canton - Veterinarian Edwin Smith is SUNY Canton Distinguished Citizen
Edwin B. Smith, D.V.M., is being recognized for his exceptional dedication to the North Country and to SUNY Canton.
Smith established his veterinary practice in Canton in 1944, where he specialized in the treatment of large animals.
Smith will be honored at the President's Gala on May 14, and will receive his award at SUNY Canton's 95th Commencement at 10:30 a.m.
www.canton.edu /can/can_start.taf?page=news_2003spring_smith_distinguished_citizen   (446 words)

  
 Guide to the J. Edwin Smith Papers at the Tarlton Law Library
Edwin Smith was a UT Law grad, Houston attorney who was active in civil rights litigation and the liberal wing of the Democratic party.
A 1937 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, J. Edwin Smith began practicing law in the Marshall-Longview area in 1937 in the law firm of Franklin "Soupy" Jones, and in 1942 moved to Houston where he was a general practitioner for close to 50 years.
Smith was also active in the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Texas Supreme Court in the 1956 Democratic primary.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utlaw/00007/00007-P.html   (632 words)

  
 Neuroscience for Kids - Ancient "Brain"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nevertheless, the ancient Egyptians are responsible for the oldest written record using the word "brain" and have provided the first written accounts of the anatomy of the brain, the meninges (coverings of the brain) and cerebrospinal fluid.
The surgical papyrus is named after Edwin Smith, an American Egyptologist who was born in 1822 and died in 1906.
Hughes, J.T., The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus: an analysis of the first case reports of spinal cord injuries.
faculty.washington.edu /chudler/papy.html   (1460 words)

  
 Edwin Smith - photographer, painter & architect
Although Edwin was a gifted printer, I sometimes felt that some of the prints he left were not those that he would consider 'finished'.
Edwin left us at the peak of his flourishing career, and he is justifiably counted amongst those British photographers who helped establish a characteristic 'English' style of topographic imagery that was further refined and explored - albeit to a different agenda - by Raymond Moore and Fay Godwin.
I think this was an excellent choice, given that Edwin was himself an architect by training and that many of his photographs celebrated the beauty of the constructed form.
www.weepingash.co.uk /es/es01.html   (1307 words)

  
 Conservative Care: Edwin Smith
Edwin Smith, was an Egyptologist who was born in Connecticut, United States in 1822.
The existing text is believed to have been something which was recopied by a scribe in about 1,700 B.C. The Edwin Smith documents are remarkable in many ways including their lucidity regarding real medical situations which are presented as 48 systematically arranged case histories beginning with head injuries and then proceeding down the spine.
The Edwin Smith papyri also document the first application of the principle of "triage" in that, in each case, a definitive treatment decision was made using well-stated criteria and followed by the determination:
www.burtonreport.com /InfSpine/ConservEdwinSmith.htm   (306 words)

  
 The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus is, without a doubt, one if the most important documents pertaining to medicine in the ...
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus is, without a doubt, one if the most important documents pertaining to medicine in the ancien
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus may be the single most important document pertaining to medicine in the ancient
Smith also had the reputation of advising upon, and even practicing, the forgery of antiquities.
www.clas.ufl.edu /users/pwagner/EUH2000-2377-S06/Edwin_Smith_Page.htm   (213 words)

  
 Area of Accounting - Distinguished Alumni - L. Edwin Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Smith also was president of the board of trustees of the CH Foundation and is now trustee emeritus.
Smith was president of the Lubbock Chapter of CPAs and chairman of the Practice Management Group Committee of the TSCPA.
Smith taught accounting at the University of Southwest Louisiana and was an associate professor of accounting at Texas Tech from 1948 to 1950.
accounting.ba.ttu.edu /alum/smith.asp   (400 words)

  
 The Edwin Smith Papyrus - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The earliest known historical text on surgery is the Edwin Smith papyrus.
The practical material in the Edwin Smith papyrus stands in stark contrast to the magical incantations in another celebrated Egyptian medical text, the Ebers Papyrus.
There has been some discussion whether the language of parts (not all!) of Papyrus Edwin Smith points to an earlier origin but such a reasoning would be equally possible for compositions preserved in other medical papyri.
www.medgadget.com /archives/2005/07/the_edwin_smith.html   (717 words)

  
 Edwin Smith Papers 1884-1896 - UF Special and Area Studies Collections
Edwin Smith operated a stored in the 1880s and 1890s at Federal Point, Florida, near Jacksonville and St. Augustine.
Smith was involved in the orange trade and had dealings with several produce sellers including Bernard Abel and Co. and John A. Lyon, both of New York, and T. Nooney and Sons in Jacksonville, Florida.
Family members express concern for Smith's health, and business owners discuss the effects that the fever and subsequent quarantines had on their operations and sales.
web.uflib.ufl.edu /spec/pkyonge/smith_edwin.htm   (427 words)

  
 Smith, Frederick Edwin, 1st Earl of Birkenhead - MSN Encarta
Smith, Frederick Edwin, 1st Earl of Birkenhead - MSN Encarta
Smith, Frederick Edwin, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930), British lawyer and prominent Conservative Party politician.
Search Encarta for Smith, Frederick Edwin, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761589912/Smith_Frederick_Edwin_1st_Earl_of_Birkenhead.html   (80 words)

  
 Edwin Smith ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Smith's passion for paper inspires her creative approaches to printmaking and reinforces the importance of this aspect of her work.
Quick-to-See Smith was born in 1940 on the Indian Mission Flathead Reservation in Montana.
This is a downtown show, said Sanford Smith, with a mix of emerging and established dealers that appeals to both younger and seasoned...
wwar.com /masters/s/smith-edwin.html   (1394 words)

  
 J. Edwin Smith Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Noted Texas attorney James Edwin Smith, who won a U.S. Supreme Court case striking down an election primary system that excluded fl voters, was born in Sonora, Texas on October 18, 1911.
Smith lived and worked in Houston for much of his life.
Black and white 8x10 photographs of J. Edwin Smith, by 572 2
www.library.txstate.edu /swwc/archives/writers/smith.html   (161 words)

  
 Edwin O. Smith High School
E.O Smith High School offers students a wide breadth of education to prepare them for the future.
Regional District #19 is made up by the towns of Mansfield, Willington, and Ashford and provides education for grades 9-12.
Edwin O Smith High School • 1235 Storrs Road • Storrs Mansfield, CT 06268 • (860) 487-0877 • Fax: (860) 429-7892
www.eosmith.org   (133 words)

  
 Ghost of a flea: Edwin Smith Papyrus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
While it never found a cure for the common cold, the "Edwin Smith Papyrus" revealed ancient Egyptain medicine used simple antibiotics, sterile surgical equipment.
The papyrus, housed in the archive of the New York Academy of Medicine, is on public display for the first time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ever since an American, Edwin Smith, bought and translated the papyrus in the 19th century, it has struck readers as surprisingly modern.
www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/006528.html   (167 words)

  
 Edwin Smith Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
From the Saxon simplicity of the little church of St Lawrence at Bradford-on-Avon to the late Victorian splendour of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, Edwin Smith's photographs of parish churches epitomize English history and the English way of life.
This book contains some trials in which the author was himself engaged for which it cannot be claimed that they fall into the category of "famous." The treatment of the cases is untechnical throughout, so that the narratives may easily be comprehended by laymen.
Flatland, a place of two dimensions peopled by a hierarchy of geometrical forms, is the home of narrator A. Square, who takes readers along on a tour of his bizarre homeland that provides a hilarious satire on Victorian society with questions about the nature of the universe.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Edwin_Smith   (728 words)

  
 Edwin Smith Henshaw
Edwin was an agriculturalist and orchardist.    He joined the Gerrardstown Presbyterian Church on Aug 21 1886.    On Dec 30 1898 he was ordained and installed a Deacon.    In 1910 he was ordained and installed an Elder.
Edwin and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 20 1900), Mill Creek Township, Berkeley County, West Virginia:
Henshaw, Edwin, son, age 16, born Oct 1883 in West Virginia; parents born in West Virginia.
www.rawbw.com /~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?1696   (925 words)

  
 Medicine in Ancient Egypt 1
The Edwin Smith Papyrus is 5 meters long, and is chiefly concerned with surgery.
They were aware that the blood vessels were hollow, having a mouth which opens to absorb medications, eliminate waste elements, distribute air and body secretions and excretions, in a confusion between blood vessels and other passages, as ureters.
The physiology of blood circulation was demonstrated in the Edwin Smith Papyrus, together with the its relation to the heart, as well as awareness of the importance of the pulse.
www.arabworldbooks.com /articles8.htm   (1449 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - nil and others
Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead was born on 12 July 1872 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead was also known as 1st Earl of Birkenhead.
Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, son of Frederick Smith and Elizabeth Taylor, on 9 April 1901 in St.
www.thepeerage.com /p4518.htm   (2272 words)

  
 Dale Edwin Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Dale Edwin Smith, 81, of Earlham died of a heart attack Friday, Nov. 17, 2000 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Dale Smith was born Nov. 24, 1918 to Raymond and Grace Cade Smith in rural Madison County.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Smith of Earlham; a daughter, Marilyn Eaton of Gun Barrel City, Texas; a son, Jim Smith of Earlham; a sister, Mabel Noland of Norwalk; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
iagenweb.org /boards/madison/obituaries/index.cgi?read=113274   (210 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Edwin Smith : photographs, 1935-1971 : with 254 duotone plates and an introduction by Olive Cook.
Find in a Library: Edwin Smith : photographs, 1935-1971 : with 254 duotone plates and an introduction by Olive Cook.
Edwin Smith : photographs, 1935-1971 : with 254 duotone plates and an introduction by Olive Cook.
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worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/986cbb3ef9a5ac1fa19afeb4da09e526.html   (79 words)

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