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Bioactive© glass facial implants
The material Bioactive glass was invented by American Professor Larry Hench during the Vietnam War. Tasked by the US Government to develop a material which could be used to repair large bone injuries suffered by Servicemen during the war, Professor Hench used silica (glass) as a carried or host material which could be combined with other ingredients such as calcium in a powdered form to pack between bone fragments to fuse shattered bones.
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more...The Battle of Jutland, 1916
Jutland was the only major naval engagement of the First World War and was the last ever naval engagement between battleship fleets.
more...The Battle of the Somme, 1916
Comprising the main Allied attack on the Western Front during 1916, the Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, which to this day remains a one-day record. The attack was launched upon a 30 kilometers front, from north of the Somme river between Arras and Albert, and ran from 1 July until 18 November, at which point it was called off.
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