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.
Frank Epperson of Oakland, California, popularized ice pops after patenting the concept of frozen ice on a stick in 1923. He initially called it the Epsicle. A couple of years later, Epperson sold the rights to the invention and the Popsicle brand to the Joe Lowe Company in New York City.