Visit a hand surgeon as soon as possible if you think you might have fractured your wrist. Scaphoid fractures are usually diagnosed by an x-ray of the wrist; however, x-rays do not always show scaphoid fractures. A break in the bone that cannot be seen on x-ray yet is called an âoccultâ fracture.
7th Century A.D. â The earliest cookie-style cakes are thought to date back to 7th century Persia A.D. (now Iran), one of the first countries to cultivate sugar (luxurious cakes and pastries in large and small versions were well known in the Persian empire).
Still others will say the abacus is the first computer. They were invented by the Chinese between 2600 BC and 300 BC is considered as the first computer ever. Abacus was used by the merchants and Clerks in China.However the abacus is NOT automatic, but it is digital; so it is more of a calculation aid or calculator than a computer. The first patent for a working computer (outside the military) was the UNIVAC, created by Drs. 2  John Mauchly and Presper Eckert in 1948. 3  They formed the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, which was bought in 1950 (just as they were on the verge of bankruptcy) by Remington Rand.