Lyme disease can have devastating effects on the body and can trigger autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. The bacteria borrelia burgdorferi has been found to cross-react with thyroid tissue which triggers the autoimmunity by what is known as molecular mimicry.igh doses of iodine are being used by some practitioners to treat Lyme disease and thyroid disorders. Iodine is an excellent anti-microbial but it can also have devastating affects on autoimmune disease including Hashimoto's.
Samuel Hopkins (1765-1840) was granted the first U.S. patent (Patent No. 1) on *July 31*, 1790, for an improvement in the making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process..
The U.S. Patent System and the First Mechanical Patent. On March 6, 1646, Joseph Jenkes received the first mechanical patent in North America. Issued by the General Court of Massachusetts, it protected his mill for manufacturing scythes. That was the prelude to the U.S. Patent System which has helped give birth to major industries that have transformed the way we live.