Art Lovers : histoires d’art dans la collection Pinault

Formes de pensée dans la collection hippocratique

was sane when he was committed to an Austrian asylum, and he died from wounds inflicted there. Benedek argues that Semmelweis was suffering from progressive syphilitic paralysis and that he was insane when committed. Syphilis was, of course, an occupational hazard for nineteenth-century obstetricians; a high percentage of patients in maternity clinics were syphilitic and no one knew how to avoi...

La maladie et les maladies dans la Collection Hippocratique

PAUL POTTER, GILLES MALONEY, and JACQUES DESAUTELS (eds), La maladie et les maladies dans la Collection Hippocratique, Actes du VIe Colloque International Hippocratique (Quebec, 28 Sept.-3 Oct. 1987), Quebec, Editions du Sphinx, 1990, 8vo, pp. 465, Can $30.00 (paperback). This collection of papers presented to the sixth Colloque hippocratique gives an accurate picture of the concerns and method...

Nudging Art Lovers to Donate

Many nonprofit organizations face revenue uncertainty due to funding cuts. It is crucial for them to supplement existing revenue streams by private donations, and apply thoughtful market segmentation in their pursuit of donors. We introduce the behavioral concept of 'nudge' based on the possibility of loss aversion affecting willingness-to-donate, and investigate its implications for fundraisin...

Participation de l'Institut Razi dans la lutte contre les nouvelles Epizooties de la Peste Equine

Progrès réalisés dans la lutte contre les Variole Ovine et Caprine par la Vaccination