Varicose veins and spider veins. Varicose (VAR-i-kos) veins are enlarged veins that can be blue, red, or flesh-colored. They often look like cords and appear twisted and bulging. Spider veins are like varicose veins, but smaller. Varicose veins and spider veins usually appear in the legs and can cause pain, swelling, or an itchy rash. Varicose veins and spider veins are treatable.
This is from War History OnLine. R. I. P. Command Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley, Hand Salute. Basil L. Plumley was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who eventually achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major, starting off as a private. He is most famous for his actions as Sergeant Major of the US Armyâs 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam, 1965.
Robert Augustus Chesebrough, (January 9, 1837 â September 8, 1933) was an American chemist. He discovered petroleum jelly which he marketed as Vaseline and he founded the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company.hesebrough began his career as a chemist clarifying kerosene from the oil of sperm whales. The discovery of petroleum in Titusville, Pennsylvania, rendered his job obsolete, so he traveled to Titusville to research what new materials might be created from the new fuel.