before the columbian exchange there were no oranges in florida no bananas in ecuador no paprika in hungary no potatoes in ireland no coffee in colombia no pineapples in hawaii no rubber trees in africa no chili peppers in thailand no tomatoes in italy and no chocolate in switzerland
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and Charcot disease, is a specific disorder that involves the death of neurons.myotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and Charcot disease, is a specific disorder that involves the death of neurons.
People in England and Australia call ALS Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The French refer to it as Maladie de Charcot, after the French doctor Jean-Martin Charcot, who first wrote about ALS in 1869. So Gehrig was not the first to have it but most people could relate to him.