Born in 1874, Howard Carter first went to Egypt as a young artist hired to sketch artifacts. He went on to become an important archaeologist, and the lead excavator of the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Early Life. Howard Carter was born on May 9, 1874, in Kensington, London. His father Samuel Carter was a successful artist. Howard was a sickly child, and was sent to live with his aunts in Norfolk. He had private home schooling, and had an artistic streak from an early age.
Systemic Sclerosis (SS) Systemic sclerosis (SS) is an autoimmune disorder. This means itâs a condition in which the immune system attacks the body. Healthy tissue is destroyed because the immune system mistakenly thinks itâs a foreign substance or infection.
Multiple Sclerosis. MS is a neurological disease that occurs when the insulating material ( myelin ) around nerve cells in the central nervous system is damaged. The word sclerosis comes from the Greek word skleros, meaning hard. In multiple sclerosis, hard areas called plaques develop along a neuron's axon.Multiple refers to the many different areas of the nervous system that may have damaged myelin.eople usually develop symptoms of MS when they are 20 to 40 years old; MS is two to three times more common in women than in men. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that 250,000 to 350,000 people in the US have MS.