(Dr. Rocke Robertson collected more than 600 dictionaries and many other books; a true dictionary bibliophile)

(Dr. Rocke Robertson collected more than 600 dictionaries and many other books; a true dictionary bibliophile)

(Dr. Rocke Robertson collected more than 600 dictionaries and many other books; a true dictionary bibliophile)

(more information about Dr. Harold Rocke Robertson donated by his son, Ian Robertson)

(what resembles an odd marriage between Trojan battle gear and Medusa is actually part of the most powerful brain scanner ever made)

(New plagues, survival, and the various mutual adaptations carried on with our microbial fellow travelers)

(New diseases are always coming into existence, most change with time, and some even vanish from known existence!)

(Until recently, the usual explanation for the first pandemics was not biological but a result of immorality)

(Crowds, chaos, war, and pestilence)

(a suffix that forms abstract and collective nouns added to adjectives to show state or condition; added to nouns to show a position, rank, or realm of; all of those who are part of a group or organization)

(origins of "arena" and "clue")

(a history of English dictionaries)

(the historical progress of English dictionaries)

(the next stages of dictionary development)

(other features were incorporated into dictionaries as they continued to evolve)

(Historical perspectives of the Reader's Digest)

(a few words from the Reader's Digest, March, 1932)

(a few words from the Reader's Digest, July, 1940)

(Modern Medical Technology reveals more about King Tut, Part 1 of 2)

(Modern Medical Technology reveals more about King Tut, Part 2 of 2)

(there are certain anatomic terms which present various situations; for example, a body part may be horizontal, as opposed to vertical; in front as opposed to being behind or at the back; above as opposed to being under, etc.)

(these words have become a part of the English language over recent years)

(terms appearing in some "scientific" areas from about 2000 B.C. to 1799 A.D.)

(terms appearing in some "scientific" areas from about 1800 A.D. to 1899 A.D.)

(The name given to the plague that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351.)

(The name given to the plague that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351.)

(The name given to the plague that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351.)