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.
Full Definition of SCLEROSIS. 1. : pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue; also: a disease characterized by sclerosis.2. See sclerosis defined for English-language learners.. : a pathological condition in which a tissue has become hard and which is produced by overgrowth of fibrous tissue and other changes (as in arteriosclerosis) or by increase in interstitial tissue and other changes (as in multiple sclerosis)âcalled also hardening. 2.