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Medicine in the Middle Ages - Extracts from "Le Moyen Age Medical" by Dr. Edmond Dupouy; translated by T. C. MinorGreek medicine strove to survive the revolution in the city of the Ptolemies, and even produced a few celebrated physicians, i.e., Alexander tius, Alexander...

TollaVous connaissez les Italiens, Madame, et vous savez qu' leurs yeux le monde est peupl de bonnes et de mauvaises influences. Pour moi, je crois surtout aux bonnes, et je me persuade qu'un grand nom doit porter bonheur un petit livre, et que le...

Strange ExodusHe had been following the high ground toward the hills, alternately splashing through waist-deep water and climbing onto comparatively dry knolls. To right and left of him was the sullen noise of the river in flood, and behind him, too, the rising water...

The CounterplotThe Counterplot is a study of the literary temperament. Teresa Lane, watching the slow movement of life manifesting itself in the changing inter-relations of her family, is teased by the complexity of the spectacle, and comes to realise that her mind will never...

PatchOld pilots like Pop Gillette weren't needed any more to run the big ships. Nowadays you were boosted and roosted by the grace of Gimmick. Sooner or later, Pop predicted, something was gonna louse up.... He glanced at the green spot on the radar...

PantherkätzchenDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1913 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr gebruchliche Schreibweisen sowie Schreibvarianten bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert, sofern der Sinn des Texts dadurch nicht beeintrchtigt wird. Passagen...

The Lost Tribes of VenusEvil luck brought the meteorite to those particular space-time coordinates as Number Four rode the downhill spiral toward Venus. The football-sized chunk of nickel-iron and rock overtook the ship at a relative speed of only a few hundred miles per...

Guest ExpertThe man from Mars waved an appendage in the direction of the Secretary's desk, atop which a newspaper was lying open. "After reading what that paper has to say can you still doubt that what I propose is necessary?" The young man in...

The Crowded ColonyOh, how decadent these Martians were! Burke, Barnes and the rest of the Conquerors laughed loudly at the dusty shrines, those crude and homely temples in the desert. More softly laughed the Martians, who dreamed of laughing last.... When the Martians had...

Christian Schools and Scholars - or, Sketches of Education from the Christian Era to the Council of TrentThe following pages have been written with the view of presenting a general and connected sketch of the history of Christian Education down to the period of...

Arabia: The Cradle of Islam - Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.There are indications that Arabia will not always remain in its long patriarchal sleep and that there is a future in store...

Die Kegelschnitte Gottes An das Publikum. Du fhrst einen Namen und brauchst keinen Beweis deines Daseins, du findest Glauben und tust keine Zeichen, denselben zu verdienen. Du erhltst Ehre und hast weder Begriff noch Gefhl davon. Wir wissen, da es keine Gtzen in der...

La mirinda historio de Petro SchlemihlAnta 100 jaroj, en 1822, aperis la unua tradukao de Peter Schlemihl; franca, e Ladvokat en Parizo. i estis farita de la frato de Chamisso, kontrolita de li mem kaj anita (la komisio) de la eldonisto: por doni al...

A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama during the Civil WarOn a glorious sunshiny morning in the early summer of 1861 I was on my way to the school-house on the plantation of a gentleman who lived near Eufaula, Alabama, and in whose service...

VerrocchioDas Original wurde in Frakturschrift gesetzt. Passagen in Antiquaschrift werden im vorliegenden Text kursiv dargestellt. Abhngig von der im jeweiligen Lesegert installierten Schriftart knnen die im Original gesperrt gedruckten Passagen gesperrt, in serifenloser Schrift, oder aber sowohl serifenlos als auch gesperrt erscheinen. veranstaltet, von...

The Old Red Sandstone; or, New Walks in an Old FieldNearly one third of the present volume appeared a few months ago in the form of a series of sketches in the Witness newspaper. A portion of the first chapter was submitted to the...

De tal palo, tal astillaTe ofrec un ao h, en la cubierta de Don Gonzalo Gonzlez de la Gonzalera, ciertos Esbozos y Rasguos que, la sazn, preparaba para la imprenta. Pero es el caso que, andando en esos preparativos, asaltme la idea de una...

Keltaisen talon lapsetI. Carey-iti. II. Poikaset. III. Yhteinen nimittj. IV. Srkynyt piiri. V. Mit on Julialle tehtv? VI. Nancyn tuuma. VII. "Vanhat elimet uuteen asuun." VIII. Beulahin linnan ritari. IX. Gilbert lhettiln. X. Careyn perhe muuttopuuhissa. XI. Hartaushetki uuden kodin kynnyksell. XII. Ann-serkku. XIII....

Voyage à l'Ile-de-France (2/2)Nous sortmes dix heures du soir de la baie de Saint-Paul. La mer y est plus calme, et le mouillage plus sr qu' Saint-Denis, dont la rade est gte par une quantit prodigieuse d'ancres abandonnes par les vaisseaux. Leurs cbles s'y...

Captain ChaosScience equipped David Corbin with borrowed time; sent him winging out in a state of suspension to future centuries ... to a dark blue world whose only defense was to seal tight the prying minds of foolish interlopers. I looked in the direction...