Before the early 20th century, treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore.

Carbon 14 dating of a cave at Laang Spean in northwest Cambodia reveals people who made pots were living in Cambodia as early as 4200 BCE ( Before the Common Era ).

Before the early 1840s, the cane toad had been introduced into Martinique and Barbados, from French Guiana and Guyana.

Before the early 18th century, the East India Company paid for its tea mainly in silver.

Before the advent of rock and roll, concept albums had their original heyday in jazz of the early to mid ' 50s with artists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, the latter of whom would record numerous concept albums for Capitol throughout the last half of the ' 50s such as In the Wee Small Hours, Come Fly with Me, Where Are You?

Before the 1960s ( and in some cases decades after ), many materials science departments were named metallurgy departments, from a 19th and early 20th century emphasis on metals.

Before the early 1960s, computers were mainly used for number-crunching rather than for text, and memory was extremely expensive.

Before the development of practical electronic TV, there were patents on mechanically scanned color systems as early as 1889 in Russia.

The pre-history of Sri Lanka dates back over 125, 000 years Before Present ( BP ) and possibly even as early as 500, 000 BP.

Before the Province of New York was granted county subdivisions and a greater royal presence in 1683, the early ducal colony consisted of York Shire, as well as Albany and Ulster, after the three titles held by Prince James: Duke of York, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ulster.

Before the late 1970s and early 1980s, it was common for many smaller cities to have their own operators.

Before Origen's time, the evidence is inconclusive ; there is a lack of definite early quotations from the letter in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, though possible use or influence has been located in the works of Clement of Alexandria ( d. c. 211 ), Theophilius ( d. c. 183 ), Aristides ( d. c. 134 ), Polycarp ( d. 155 ), and Justin ( d. 165 ).

Twentieth-Century Fox made a succession of war films realistically filmed in black-and-white in the early 1950s that highlighted little-known aspects of World War II, among them The Frogmen, Go For Broke !, You're in the Navy Now, and Decision Before Dawn.

Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail listsThe term " e-log " has been used to describe journal entries sent out via e-mail since as early as March 1996.

Before he became widely known as an astronaut, the film Air Cadet ( 1951 ) starring Richard Long and Rock Hudson briefly featured Grissom early in the movie as a U. S. Air Force candidate for flight school at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas.

Before the Apollo XI moon landing in 1969, NASA began early studies of space shuttle designs.

Before that, the earliest known proto-frog was Triadobatrachus massinoti, from the 250 million year old early Triassic of Madagascar.

* Eugene N. Borza: Before Alexander: constructing early Macedonia.

The retrospective show Before the Fringe, broadcast during the early years of BBC 2, took its title from this production.

Before early modern nation-building, the Low Countries referred to a wide area of northern Europe as a low-lying triangular river delta for the rivers Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt, and Ems.

Former Easterhouse guitarist Ivor Perry was brought in to replace Marr, and the band recorded some new material with him which was never completed, including an early version of " Bengali in Platforms " that was originally intended as the B-side of " Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before ".

Before the TCDD risk was well understood, early production facilities lacked proper temperature controls.

Before the widespread use of Unix, TOPS-10 was a particularly popular system in universities, and in the early ARPANET community.

Before this, Huang ( 皇 ) and Di ( 帝 ) were given as titles of a number of rulers from the era known as the " sage kings " period, supposedly predating written history, but probably coinciding with or following the invention and early stages of evolution for the Chinese writing system.

BCE is the abbreviation for Before the Common / Current / Christian Era ( an alternative to Before Christ, abbreviated BC ).

He also provided the voice of Jack Skellington, the main character in Tim Burton's animated Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ), and has since reprised the role in many other subsequent productions, including the Disney / Square video games Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II and the Capcom sequel to the original film, Oogie's Revenge.

* Before the first assembly on a newly setup RDOS system, the macro assembler ’ s default symbol definitions need to be configured using the following command: < tt >< u > mac / s nbid osid nsid paru </ tt ></ u >

Before going further with serious experimentation, it can be convenient to check one ’ s programs at the PC using a suitable cross-assembler, such as the portable PDP-8 / DG Nova cross-assembler listed in the External links section, before attempting execution in the RDOS environment.

Before he was forced abroad for political reasons, director Jules Dassin made two classic noirs that also straddled the major / independent line: Brute Force ( 1947 ) and the influential documentary-style The Naked City were developed by producer Mark Hellinger, who had an " inside / outside " contract with Universal similar to Wanger's.

Before Windows 95 was released, OS / 2 Warp 3. 0 was even shipped preinstalled with several large German hardware vendor chains.

Before the Bar-Kochba uprising, an estimated 2 / 3 of the population of Gallilee and 1 / 3 of the coastal region were Jewish.

Before he died, Rabbeinu HaKadosh said: ‘ I need my sons !… Let the lamp continue to burn in its usual place ; let the table be set in its usual place ; let the bed be made in its usual place .” ( Kesubbos / Ketubot 103a )

Before long, the CEOs and CFOs of many smaller and mid-sized companies previously limited to the slow and expensive private-placement market were making early-morning pilgrimages to Beverly Hills seeking to issue high-yield and / or convertible bonds through Drexel Burnham.

Before November 22, 2006 the games were divided into three categories: Puzzle, Action, and Luck / Chance.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the region was inhabited both by Algonquian ( Ojibwa, Cree and Algonquin ) in the northern / western portions and Iroquois and Wyandot ( Huron ) tribes more in the south / east.

Before the specific dangers of conjugated equine estrogens were well understood, standard therapy was 0. 625 mg / day of conjugated equine estrogens ( such as Premarin ).

Before his elevation to the Roman episcopacy, a difference in dating the celebration of the Christian Passover / Easter between Rome and the bishops of Asia Minor had been tolerated by both the Roman and Eastern churches.

Before the beginning of the Syrian uprising / civil war, the obligatory military service period was being decreased over time.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks ,( 9 / 11 ) airport screening was provided by private companies which were contracted with the airline or airport.

Before z / TPF, all assembler language programs were limited to 4K in size.

The year before 1 AD or CE is designated 1 Before Christ ( BC ) or Before the Common Era ( BCE ), the year before that 2 BC / BCE, etc.

Before and after aerial photographs and satellite imagery are used to gather landslide characteristics, like distribution and classification, and factors like slope, lithology, and land use / land cover to be used to help predict future events.