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- Scottish Enlightenment [r]: A period in 18th century Scotland characterized by a great outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. [e]
- Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. [e]
- Edinburgh University [r]: Founded in 1582, one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. [e]
- William Cullen [r]: (1710-1790) The leading British physician of the 18th century. [e]
- Scurvy [r]: Multisystem disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, and an affliction of early sailors without access to fresh produce; it causes anemia and blood vessel fragility, often first manifesting bleeding gums, but can progress to internal bleeding affecting many systems, as well as weakness from anemia. [e]
- Beekeeping [r]: The management and maintenance of colonies of honeybees. [e]
- John Derrick [r]: Surrey coroner who made a legal deposition in 1597 that is the earliest known record of cricket. [e]
- Fred Hoyle [r]: English-born 20th-century astronomer and author of science fiction. [e]
- Cancer in cats [r]: The leading cause of death in geriatric domestic cats, this topic includes both metastatic and locally invasive neoplasia [e]
- Supply and demand [r]: The explanation in economic theory of the factors that influence the supply of, and the demand for, goods and services; and of the market mechanisms by which they are reconciled. [e]
- Winslow W. Griesser [r]: A heroic station keeper in the United States Lifesaving Service, a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard, who the Coast Guard honored by naming one of its new Sentinel class cutters after him. [e]
- Vitamin C [r]: Required by a few mammalian species, including humans and higher primates. It is water-soluble and is usually obtained by eating fruits and vegetables; associated with scurvy (hence its chemical name, ascorbic acid). [e]