In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

Within a short while, he grasps what is at stake and warns the authorities that unless steps are taken immediately, the epidemic could kill off half the town's population of two hundred thousand within a couple of months .</ br > During the epidemic, Rieux heads an auxiliary hospital and works long hours treating the victims.

During his long reign, the central power and royal authority potentially weakened.

During the Exile many Jews were taken to Babylon, where the prophets told them to make their homes (), suggesting they would spend a long period of time there.

During the Summer, the hour long programme News 24 Sunday was broadcast both on BBC One and the BBC News Channel at 09: 00, to replace The Andrew Marr Show, which is off air.

During very long trips, it may be necessary to camp in the cave.

During her long productive life as an artist, she maintained her personal aesthetic and high standards against all distractions and countervailing forces.

During his long professional career, Alston significantly enriched the cultural life of Harlem.

During the second year of the plant's life, a long, leafy stem from 50 to 255 centimeters tall grows atop the roots of healthy plants.

Day said: " During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller [...].

" During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the commander of the torpedo boat destroyer IJN Akatsuki described " being in command of a destroyer for a long period, especially in wartime ... is not very good for the health.

During subsequent questioning, Morgan claimed a long history of drug and alcohol use, along with blackouts and memory lapses.

During the reign of Nero he became superintendent of the city's water supply, but died not long afterwards, in 59 AD, having eaten himself to death, according to Hieronymus in the Chronicon of Eusebius.

During the long cruise periods of the mission, spacecraft operations are essentially suspended.

During his minority as her ward, one third of his estate had already reverted to the Crown, much of which Elizabeth had long since settled on Robert Dudley.

During El Niño years, Guam's chance of a tropical cyclone impact is one-third of the long term average.

During breakfast at dawn, Granger ( leader of the group of wandering intellectuals ) discusses the legendary phoenix and its endless cycle of long life, death in flames, and rebirth, adding that the phoenix must have some relation to mankind, which constantly repeats its mistakes, but that man has something the phoenix doesn't.

During his long career, Bernini received numerous important commissions, many of which were associated with the papacy.

During Frederick's long stays in Italy, the German princes became stronger and began a successful colonization of Slavic lands.

During the announcement Lynch said " I feel like I have the passion and the energy to keep doing this work for a long, long time, but democracy demands periodic change.

During his years in Cornwall, he wrote long letters to Boulton several times per week.

During these disorders, the Council of State still assembled at the usual place and the " Lord President Bradshaw John Bradshaw ( judge ), who was present, though by long sickness very weak and much extenuated, yet animated by his ardent zeal and constant affection to the common cause, upon hearing Col Syndenham's justifications of the proceedings of the army in again disrupting parliament, stood up and interrupted him, declaring his abhorrence of that detestable action, and telling the council, that being now going to his God, he had not patience to sit there to hear his great name so openly blasphemed ; and thereupon departed to his lodgings, and withdrew himself from public employment.

During this period in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Ottoman Empire entered a long period of conquest and expansion, extending its borders deep into Europe and North Africa.

During this long trip he collected many plants and animals.

During fiscal years 1959 and 1960, there were 139 military and civilian students who came to the Institute for varying periods of special instruction.

During the war, Congress exercised an unprecedented level of political, diplomatic, military and economic authority.

During the war, the Azeri armed forces were also aided by Turkish military advisers, and Russian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Afghan mercenaries.

During the military campaigns, Agrippina accompanied Germanicus with their children.

During his military governorship Johnson, seemingly, began to moderate his view of slavery.

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of Operation Ranch Hand.

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly of chemical herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of the aerial defoliation program known as Operation Ranch Hand.

During the first 20 years of his rule, Abd ar-Rahman avoided military action against the northern Christian kingdoms, Asturias and Navarre.

During the 1st century AD, the Army then chose a site to the north of the emerging town in what is now the section of Bonn-Castell to build a large military installation dubbed Castra Bonnensis, i. e., literally, " Fort Bonn ".

During World War II, Bonn acquired military significance because of its strategic location on the Rhine River, which formed a natural barrier to easy penetration into the German heartland from the west.

During World War II it was occupied by the U. S. military.

During the war, Pakistan supported Bosnia while providing technical and military support to Bosnia.

During this time, Montgomery faced serious trouble from his military superiors and the clergy for his frank attitude regarding the sexual health of his soldiers, but was defended from dismissal by his superior Alan Brooke, commander of II Corps.

During his rule, members of Yakoma were granted all key positions in the administration and made up a majority of the military.

During a UN mission in the northern part of the country in November 2006, the mission had a meeting with a prefect who said that he could not maintain law and order over the military and the presidential guards.

During the military government ( 1973 – 1990 ) of Augusto Pinochet, the Verse III was officially incorporated because of his praise of the armed forces and the national police ( Carabiners ).

During the Reagan administration, conservatives also supported the so-called " Reagan Doctrine " under which the U. S., as part of a Cold War strategy, provided military and other support to guerrilla insurgencies that were fighting governments aligned with the Soviet Union.

During the sixth and final colonial war, the French and Indian War, the military conflicts in Nova Scotia included: Battle of Fort Beauséjour ; Bay of Fundy Campaign ( 1755 ); the Battle of Petitcodiac ; the Raid on Lunenburg ( 1756 ); the Louisbourg Expedition ( 1757 ); Battle of Bloody Creek ( 1757 ); Siege of Louisbourg ( 1758 ), Petitcodiac River Campaign, Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign ( 1758 ), St. John River Campaign, and Battle of Restigouche.

During the Seven Years ' War, the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia.

During the months following the Shaba invasion, Mobutu sought solutions to the military problems that had contributed to the army's dismal performance.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s Eisenhower's career in the post war army stalled somewhat, as military priorities diminished ; many of his friends resigned for high-paying business jobs.

During the Batavian rebellion, Domitian eagerly sought the opportunity to attain military glory, but was denied command of a legion by superior officers.

During the Cold War era, the United States was keen to establish a military base in the Indian Ocean to counter Soviet influence in the region and protect the sea-lanes for oil transportation from the Middle East.

During the 1992 U. S. presidential election campaign, the civil rights of gays and lesbians, particularly their open service in the military, attracted some press attention, and all candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination supported ending the ban on military service by gays and lesbians,