Ancient Metallurgy in Rhodesia

Mining and metallurgy in the ancient world

detail exactly how sparse medical care was in Scotland. Even if it were available, the authors show that the stringency of the Scottish Poor Law may have denied access to it. One of their tables (9.B) "shows how much was actually spent on doctors per head of the population on the poor roll. The Scottish average was £0.0 154, or no more than 3.d per pauper per year in the old money" (p. 217). Th...

Tropical enteropathy in Rhodesia.

Tropical enteropathy, which may be related to tropical sprue, has been described in many developing countries including parts of Africa. The jejunal changes of enteropathy are seen in Rhodesians of all social and racial categories. Xylose excretion, however, is related to socioeconomic status, but not race. Upper socioeconomic Africans and Europeans excrete significantly more xylose than lower ...

Rhodesia : Myths and Facts

Metallurgy in ancient Lecce: new evidence from the excavations of Piazzetta Epulione and Piazzetta Castromediano

Recent excavations made by University of Lecce in Piazzetta Epulione and Piazza Castromediano (Lecce) have produced structures and artifacts related to metal-working. Most of the evidence dates back to the Roman period; traces of metallurgical activity can also be traced to the periods preceding and following the Roman period. Iron slags and semi-finished objects have been found in Piazzetta Ep...

Intersex among Africans in Rhodesia.

According to a Greek myth, preserved for us in Ovid and recorded by Rose (1953), Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. A fountain nymph, Salmakis, who fell passionately in love with him, entreated the gods that she might be forever united with him, and her prayer was answered by the combination of lover and loved into a single being a hermaphrodite. By common usage the term hermap...