Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases that are characterized by weakness and wasting away of muscle tissue, with or without the breakdown of nerve tissue.here are nine types of muscular dystrophy, with each type involving an eventual loss of strength, increasing disability, and possible deformity. The most well known of the muscular dystrophies is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) , followed by Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) .
George Washington did have, described in his ledger, âa cream machine for ice.â. 1843: Until September 9, 1843, ice cream was made by the âpot freezer method,â but on this day, Nancy M. Johnson of Philadelphia got her âartificial freezerâ patented, containing a tub, cylinder, lid, dasher, and crank.
Ice Cream for America. The first official account of ice cream in the New World comes from a letter written in 1744 by a guest of Maryland Governor William Bladen. Records kept by a Chatham Street, New York, merchant show that President George Washington spent approximately $200 for ice cream during the summer of 1790.