Typhoid Information. General Information. ***************************. Typhoid is a bacterial disease transmitted through contaminated food and water. The risk of Typhoid is thought to be in the region of 1/3,000 to 1/5,000 for the International Traveller to the tropics â especially for those visiting parts of India.yphoid Information. General Information. ***************************. Typhoid is a bacterial disease transmitted through contaminated food and water. The risk of Typhoid is thought to be in the region of 1/3,000 to 1/5,000 for the International Traveller to the tropics â especially for those visiting parts of India.
Nitrogen: historical information. 1  Discoveror: Daniel Rutherford. 2  Place of discovery: Scotland. 3  Date of discovery: 1772. 4  Origin of name: from the Greek words  nitron genes  meaning  nitre  and  forming  and the Latin word  nitrum  (nitre is a common name for potassium nitrate, KNO#).
You can find the etymology of the word picnic by consulting any dictionary. Merriam-Webster Online gives the following origin: Etymology: G or French; German Picknick, from French pique-nique. Date: 1748. Take Our Word for It, an online magazine that details the origins of words, provides more detail here.