Summary. 1  Psittacosis is a type of lung infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. 2  Chlamydia psittaci is commonly carried by birds of the parrot family including budgerigars, lovebirds and parakeets. 3  This disease can be readily treated with antibiotics.
Theodore Roosevelt (26th US President) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President) were fifth cousins through their common ancestor of Nicholas Roosevelt. In 1905, FDR marriedâ¦ Theodore's niece, Eleanor Roosevelt, also his cousin.
He was a profligate inventor, who devised the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, bifocals, and the glass armonicaâan instrument for which Mozart, Handel, and Beethoven all composed works. And not least among his many accomplishments, Franklin is often considered the father of American civil society.