Though cinchophen was first synthesized in 1887 by Doebner and Giseke, it was not until 1908 that Nicolaier and Dohrn introduced it into medicine under the trade name of Atophan. For a great number of years, it was regarded ...

The purpose of this thesis is to study the theory of a metallic electrode as applied to the cadmium electrode against the cadmium ion from the electromotive force measurements of the potentials of such cells

Acute leukopenia produced by the injection of foreign protein substances was noted in 1886 by Wyssokowitsch, and was attributed at first to destruction of white cells (Lowit -1892) and later to withdrawal of leukocytes ...

The cause of death in intestinal obstruction is unknown. | The occurrence of intestinal obstruction as an acute intra-abdominal condition is probably as old as the race itself. The Hippocratic facies— | "... a sharp nose, ...

While one of the bloodiest conflicts in history still raced on the battle front of Europe, Woodrow Wilson President of the United states, determined to make the peace settlement not only an opportunity for nations to disarm, ...

Shakespeare had his favorite words. One of them was "heaven." This is evidenced in Bartlett’s Concordance to Shakespeare, which lists three hundred nine quotations containing "heaven." It is enlightening to read these ...

John Charles Fremont was born on January 21, 1813, in Savannah, Georgia. There have been doubts expressed as to the legitimacy of his birth. Fremont's mother had been Anne Beverley Whiting, the youngest daughter among the ...

The industrial revolution blessed and cursed the English Victorian age. Blessed was the progress of invention and manufacture; cursed was the rugged individualism of selfish men. During this revolution, three great Victorian ...

John Middleton Murry, a modern disciple and critic of John Keats, was born in London on August 6, 1889. His industry in pursuing a strictly classical education at Christ’s Hospital, London, won for him a scholarship to ...

That there has been definite progress in the education of the whole child must be recognized by those who have followed the development of the school's program for some years. This is particularly significant in the ...