What Is Lorazepam And What Does It Treat? Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine. It is approved for the treatment of anxiety, status epilepticus (continuous seizures), and as a medication given right before anesthesia. However, benzodiazepines are also commonly used to treat difficulty sleeping and alcohol withdrawal.
Compact Disk of James Russel. The first workable digital compact disc device, the precursor on now ubiquitous CD/DVDs, was invented in the late 1960s by the American physicist James Russell. James T. Russell was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1931. In 1953, Russell earned his Bachelor degree in physics and graduated from Reed College in Portland.
Sony and Philips invented the compact disc, and hold many controlling patents for write-once CD-R and rewritable CD-RW. 10.28.96 YOUR NEXT PC MAY BE JAPANESE. Yankowski boasts about Sonyâs track record in PC-related innovations: It invented the 3.5-inch floppy disk, now the world standard, and co-invented the CD-ROM.