Byelorussian Chronicle 1974

Chronicle from Aldgate

A few minor flaws in the book, such as improper uise of some terms and lack of explanatory footnotes in one or two important tables, could lhave been eliminated by stricter editing; these are, however, inconsequtential defects. The volume is a valuable, useful and on the wlhole readable account of the investigations between 1967 an(d 1969 into the Marburg virus disease. This work is concernied ...

Vaccine chronicle in Japan

The concept of immunization was started in Japan in 1849 when Jenner's cowpox vaccine seed was introduced, and the current immunization law was stipulated in 1948. There have been two turning points for amendments to the immunization law: the compensation remedy for vaccine-associated adverse events in 1976, and the concept of private vaccination in 1994. In 1992, the regional Court of Tokyo, n...

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Scientific realism is dead, or so many philosophers believe. Its death was announced when philosophers became convinced that one can accept all scientific results without committing oneself to metaphysical existence claims about theoretical entities (Fine 1986, 112). In addition, the inability of self–proclaimed scientific realists, despite recurrent demands, to distinguish themselves from thei...

Chronicle of an unforetold death.

Within hours after her sudden and unexpected death, I notified the dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on whose faculty she served, that Barbara had apparently died of a coronary occlusion. He relayed the news around the world. Devoted to improving effectiveness and equity in health care, Barbara received many tributes. Because she died while swimming alone, an autopsy ...

Abraham Robinson 1918 - 1974