It causes swelling (edema) of the legs. It can also cause sores on the legs. Muscles in your feet and legs help your veins move blood to the heart against gravity. The veins also have one-way valves that keep the blood from flowing backwards. The valves work like one-way gates.
This article is about the children's book by Dr. Seuss. For other uses, see Lorax (disambiguation) . The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, who speaks for the trees against the greedy Once-ler.
In the same period Evans turned her powerful mind from scholarly and critical writing to creative work. In 1857 she published a short story, Amos Barton, and took the pen name George Eliot in order to prevent the discrimination (unfair treatment because of gender or race) that women of her era faced.