Salivary Gland Infections. Salivary gland infections (sialadenitis) cause inflammation and discomfort that may take days or weeks to resolve. Infection can affect one salivary gland or multiple glands. The most commonly affected glands are those in the cheeks and those just under the jaw. This health condition may resolve on its own or respond to home remedies and medical treatment.
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was born in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1817. Wild Rose, as she was called from a young age, was a leader in Washington society, a passionate secessionist, and one of the most renowned spies in the Civil War.Among her accomplishments was the secret message she sent to General Pierre G.T.ose O'Neal Greenhow was born in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1817. Wild Rose, as she was called from a young age, was a leader in Washington society, a passionate secessionist, and one of the most renowned spies in the Civil War. Among her accomplishments was the secret message she sent to General Pierre G.T.
Civil War Nurses summary: Thousands of women served as volunteer nurses during the Civil War. There is very little written record of their service though a few of the more famous names left accounts, including Louisa May Alcott, Jane Stuart Woolsey, susie King Taylor and Katherine Prescott Wormeley.At the beginning of the war, nurses were merely volunteers who showed up at military hospitals. record of Civil War nursing from the black viewpoint was left by Susie King Taylor in her Reminiscences of My Life in Camp. Taylor was born a slave on the Isle of Wight near Savannah, Ga. In adolescence she learned to read and write at a clandestine school run by a free black woman.